Boston bombers 'hurled pressure cooker bomb at police in shoot-out'
A witness who had a front-row seat to the dramatic shootout described what happened on his doorstep in Watertown
Police with guns drawn search for a suspect in Watertown, Massachusetts
A witness has told how he saw the marathon bombers hurl explosives at police – before one was shot dead in the street.Andrew Kitzenberg had a front-row seat to the dramatic shootout that happened on his doorstep in Watertown, Boston.He said: “I was just sitting in the living room and started hearing gunfire outside.“I went to the window and saw two people behind a black Mercedes SUV with a sedan next to it. "There was two shooters firing down the street towards what looked like at least six police vehicles.“They engaged in a fire-fight for a few minutes and while there was gunfire they were also utilising bombs, which sounded and looked like grenades.“They also had what looked like a pressure cooker bomb. It was about 30 to 40 feet from my bedroom window.“I’ve seen the photographs from the marathon [when similar bombs were used] and I had a clear line of sight.“The shooters were separated by about 10 feet and were in between the cars.“When they used their larger bomb, they threw it towards the officers but it didn’t get near."It acted as more of decoy and covered the whole street in smoke.“At that point one of the shooters ran towards the cops firing his gun while the other got back into the SUV. I saw the guy running get taken down.“As he went down, the second shooter turned the SUV around and went full speed at the police officers. He went right through the middle of the cars, taking out mirrors and breaking through.”
A witness who had a front-row seat to the dramatic shootout described what happened on his doorstep in Watertown
Police with guns drawn search for a suspect in Watertown, Massachusetts A witness has told how he saw the marathon bombers hurl explosives at police – before one was shot dead in the street.Andrew Kitzenberg had a front-row seat to the dramatic shootout that happened on his doorstep in Watertown, Boston.He said: “I was just sitting in the living room and started hearing gunfire outside.“I went to the window and saw two people behind a black Mercedes SUV with a sedan next to it. "There was two shooters firing down the street towards what looked like at least six police vehicles.“They engaged in a fire-fight for a few minutes and while there was gunfire they were also utilising bombs, which sounded and looked like grenades.“They also had what looked like a pressure cooker bomb. It was about 30 to 40 feet from my bedroom window.“I’ve seen the photographs from the marathon [when similar bombs were used] and I had a clear line of sight.“The shooters were separated by about 10 feet and were in between the cars.“When they used their larger bomb, they threw it towards the officers but it didn’t get near."It acted as more of decoy and covered the whole street in smoke.“At that point one of the shooters ran towards the cops firing his gun while the other got back into the SUV. I saw the guy running get taken down.“As he went down, the second shooter turned the SUV around and went full speed at the police officers. He went right through the middle of the cars, taking out mirrors and breaking through.”