Live feed footage from Boston shows one of the shooting suspects on the ground, surrounded by Police. Credit: Sky/CNN
- Police officer shot dead at Boston university, MIT
- Suspects involved in carjacking, grenades thrown
- Major operation underway after police car chase
A GUNMAN has been surrounded by authorities after fleeing a fatal police shooting at a major Boston university. LIVE UPDATES BELOW.
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5.30PM AEST:
Authorities tell the NY Times they are investigating a link between the Boston marathon bombings and today's events.
Police cars at the scene of the reported shooting at MIT. Source: Twitter
"We're investigating that and the FBI is investigating that," police told The NY Times.
5.11PM AEST:
The foot pursuit has been called off and a directive has been issued on police radio to make sure officers "are not chasing ghosts".
Police cars at the scene of the reported shooting at MIT. Source: Twitter
A pressure cooker has been discovered at the Watertown crime scene, NBC News reports.
Local TV outlet WCVB says there is a "strong link" between Watertown and Boston bombing.
5.03PM AEST:
Police have a suspect in custody and another has not been accounted for.
A light-skinned, white male should be considered armed and dangerous, police radio reports.
He is wearing a grey hoodie and may be armed with explosives.
SWAT police are in foot pursuit in a 20-block area.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR:
- A policeman was shot and killed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a university within walking distance of this week's Boston marathon bombings
- Suspects armed with grenades and firearms are understood to have then commandeered an SUV
- A wild police chase followed from the university to the nearby suburb of Watertown
- Gunfire and a series of explosions were heard by residents
- It is believed suspects were carrying firearms and homemade explosives
- State police said suspects were throwing grenades out of the stolen vehicle
- It is understood there are two suspects
- One person was stripped naked and taken into custody and has now reportedly been released
- Soldiers from the National Guard, the FBI, state and local police are on the scene
- "One more suspect is at large. One is accounted for." - State Police
4.51PM AEST:
Police radio said a man wearing a white hat in FBI photographs of the Boston bomb suspects is at large in the Watertown neighbourhood.
"Party outstanding is the one with the white hat that was identified in the photos," police radio says.
Suspects in Boston marathon bombing. Picture: FBI Source: Supplied
4.42PM AEST:
A Boston marathon bombing suspect is in custody, the Boston Globe claims. A link between today's incidents and the bombings have not been confirmed officially by any law enforcement officials.
4.35PM AEST:
The NY Times reports two men engaged in a stand-off with scores of police in Watertown, Massachussetts.
The men appeared to be carrying explosives in backpacks.
Witness Andrew Kitzenburg said he looked out of this third floor window to see two young men shooting at police officers. They were hiding behind a black Mercedes SUV. The officers and the men were engaged in "constant gunfire."
4.29PM AEST:
Fifteen shots have now been heard at a property in Mount Auburn, a neighbourhood of Boston.
4.13PM AEST:
A Watertown house at 14 Hazel St has been surrounded by the SWAT team.
A suspect has been identified as a male in his 20s, the Boston Globe reports.
4.02PM AEST:
"It's crazy over there," a Somerville police officer at Massachusetts General Hospital has told the Boston Globe. "They're throwing hand grenades."
The SWAT team, Cambridge, Boston and Watertown Police, as well as Homeland Security and the ATF are searching the area.
3.52PM AEST:
Witnesses have taken to social media, tweeting loud explosions and gunfire are rocking the neighbourhood.
3.37PM AEST:
Follow the dramatic developments on the police scanner
Another large explosion has been heard in the vicinity of Watertown.
The status of the second suspect remains unclear.
3.26PM AEST:
A person of interest is currently on the ground, surrounded by armed police, as air support is called in.
A suspect sprawled on the ground. Picture: CNN Source: news.com.au
3.21PM AEST:
Reports are emerging there are two suspects, a male in a white t-shirt and an unidentified person. Police have an SUV in their possession, it is believed the vehicle was used to flee the scene of an earlier fatal shooting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
3.10PM AEST:
One suspect is on the way to the hospital as a second suspect is being held at gunpoint.
3.07PM AEST:
The bomb squad is en route to the crime scene in the Watertown neighbourhood of Boston, as officers are told to shut down mobile phones, as they could possibly detonate explosives.
2.59PM AEST:
Automatic gunfire has been reported from a stolen vehicle in a Boston neighbourhood, as police are ordered to pull back from a car chase involving the suspect of a police shooting.
Police say hand grenades have been thrown from the SUV, which is being driven by a suspect involved in an earlier incident at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.
2.52PM AEST:
There are reports of multiple police cars speeding in the opposite direction from MIT with their sirens blaring after a possible carjacking.
Large explosions have been heard on a Boston police scanner, as shots have been fired and 'explosions are being detonated'.
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2.39PM AEST:
A policeman was shot multiple times and died as a result of his injuries during an incident at MIT.
A statement issued by the Middlesex District Attorney Michael Pelgro said:
"An MIT campus police officer responding to a report of a disturbance in the area of Vasser and Main streets was reportedly shot. According to authorities, the officer was found evidencing multiple gunshot wounds.
"He was transported to the hospital and pronounced deceased."
At 10:48pm gunshots were reported near campus Building 32 (Stata).
Police are swarming the cordoned-off area and the situation at MIT is said to be active and dangerous.
No other victims have been identified and no arrests have been made, police say.
The university says in it's latest update: "Responding agencies continue to investigate the situation. The scene is outside of Building 32 (Stata) and 76 (Koch) near Vassar and Main Streets. Injuries have been reported. The situation is still very active and we ask everyone to stay inside."
MIT, located in the Boston suburb of Cambridge, is one of America's most highly regarded universities. It is within walking distance to the site where two bombs killed three people and injured 180 at the city's famous marathon on Monday.
No link has been established between the two events.
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