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Lets take a brief listen. >> we had a couple thousand police officers on scene. the turnout was incredible, the support from the state and the region. we had the tactical people to close that seam down and secure it. we did take our time to make sure that everybody was safe in the neighborhood. and eventually used flash bangs. >> what is that? >> it is a loud compression that would stun somebody for a short period of time. and we began negotiations in a 15, 20 minute period, we were able to get ...

You have police finishing up their work. all of this really -- please are thanking that one homeowner who came out of his house after he was on lockdown, saw something suspicious in his backyard. saw the glad on the boat, then looked closer, saw there was a bloody man inside. he went back to his house, he thun calls 911. emergency crews show up, the fbi, s.w.a.t., police are using their tech knowledge, helicopter, using infrared to get the exact location of the suspe suspect. then the fear strik...

Him. i appreciate you talking with us. what can you tell us about the suspect, about his condition now? >> she was severely -- sorry, he was severely injured in most likely the shoot-out that occurred last night. may also have been injured in an exchange of gunfire with the police this afternoon. >> so he -- there was an exchange of -- back and forth of gunfire this afternoon in the boat location, is that correct? >> thats correct. thats what ive been told. the officers, the boston police depart...

At one point there was an indication of some law enforcement originally on the scene radioed back they believed the suspect was down. as they brought more to the scene, they have visual contact of the suspect moving. i heard the reports have ceased in terms of the movement has ceased. that doesnt mean anything. as this plays out, they now are convinced they have total visual environment, they are trying to evacuate any residents in the area from the neighborhood, and as was noted, now they went ...

We did hear them talking very loudly to the person involved. were being pushed further back by law enforcement right now. we were actually warned when we got to this back alleyway, this parking lot behind the house, when law enforcement officers saw us first, they told us to get back because were in the cross-fire area. >> brian, again, you may not have the answer to this, but when officers were yelling at the suspect, to your knowledge, was there any response back? >> we could not hear any resp...

Welcome back to cnns continuing coverage of the crisis or terrorist attack in boston. boston is a city thats been through a lot this week, the ordeal began monday of course. last night after days of anguish it ended rather quickly, but certainly not quietly. brian todd now with a recap of the final moments of the standoff that brought down the surviving boston terrorist attack suspect. >> reporter: in the end, after the gunfire and the flash bangs, authorities showed their determination to captu...

Everybody is thinking and praying for the victims and the families affected, the whole of boston really by what happened and theyre honoring them tonight. >> that tribute coming from far, far away. the san francisco giants paying tribute to the victims of the boston marathon tragedy. the message, together were boston appeared on the jumbotron scoreboard keeping boston in their thoughts. >> it was 22 hours of terror across boston before the dramatic conclusion to the manhu manhunt. >> it began wi...

Explosives and everything else. were hoping. were hoping that that would not be the case, if hes running for his life last night, after the gun battle with the police. >> thats tom fuentes, formerly with the fbi, who has been monitoring this for us. anderson cooper here taking over our coverage. im here with john king and deborah feyerick. if you are just joining us, this is a pivotal moment in this manhunt that we have been monitoring all day long. authorities believe they have a possible suspe...

Weve talked about movement and then no movement. if you throw these into the area, it might provoke movement. maybe theyre concerned as to is the individual actually still conscious or alive, for that matter. so the throwing of these flash-bangs in close proximity to them, tell you what, ive been on the receiving end of these things in exercises and its very hard to stay still when one of these things go off around you. also, it would not kill the individual so it would preserve their ability to...

Favorably resolved. >> one of our producers is near the scene. lawrence, what are you seeing and hearing? >> well, im at washburn and chester streets, which is about a block from franklin street, where im told from a boston police source they have a suspect cornered in the backyard of a home. im also told that theyre using flash-bangs to try to get him out. the number one priority for the police is to try to get this guy out alive. they would like to see him go to trial. im also amazed at the am...