the hijacked guy (victim) left his cellphone in SUV, that's how cops knew they went to Watertown...

[Tx4obama]

-snip-

Luckily for law enforcement, the victim's cell phone remained in the SUV, allowing police to determine the vehicle was in Watertown and eventually catch up to it.

-snip-

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-details/index.html

[Cha]

1. Wow, Tx.. that's quite a story. First I've

read the whole sequence of events. I know I'm really behind but, that's alright.

thanks for the link!

[JackN415]

2. From CNN?

[Tx4obama]

3. It is what the police chief said Saturday in an interview.

I heard the interview on TV too.

It came out of the mouth of the police chief.

I think the CNN bashing is going a bit overboard now.

[Robb]

8. There'd be less CNN bashing if they updated their ticker

...Still has Romney "too close to call."

[Justice]

11. I heard it also - Watertown Police Chief said it to Wolf.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. I know. CNN: Don't trust us, verify!

[Politicalboi]

4. It's a Mercedes

One would think it had a gps to track it for theft. Doesn't the car have something like On Star?

[MOTRDemocrat]

5. Leaving that cell in there saved a lot of lives. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

6. If the police's camera was running when they were shooting at him,

that's all the evidence anyone would need.

[Beartracks]

7. OMG, he ran over his own brother?

After officers tackled the older brother and were trying to handcuff him, the younger one, still in the SUV, ran over and dragged him, then drove through the police line to escape. Wow.

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[ReRe]

9. The SUV itself...

...probably had GPS in it too.

[Tab]

12. A GPS (give you directions) is not the same as a GPS tracking device

Although my understanding is that there is a built-in tracking device (probably anti-theft) that they were in the process of trying to activate but they found the car first - before being able to activate the device.

[smirkymonkey]

10. I would love to hear more from this guy. He spent at least 30 minutes

with the brothers. He must have a tale to tell.

[mhatrw]

19. extremely tall

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. That is a chilling account! thanks

[kentuck]

15. That's interesting.

First I had heard of that.

[mzmolly]

16. Imagine the outcome pre high-tech

era.

[LeftInTX]

17. I wonder why they told hijack victim that they were the bombers?

[mhatrw]

18. And then let him go.

Can you say handler?

[treestar]

21. That guy is lucky

He's still alive.

[Tx4obama]

23. Appears that the brothers were trying to get the cops to come out in the open and chase them...

See the OP and also comment #8 here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022726401

[LeftInTX]

24. Makes sense

[avaistheone1]

20. True.

[flamingdem]

22. What luck about the cell phone helping them and about CNN ...

the CNN crew was the once referred to by police on the scanner as being in the cross fire and holding up the actions to get the suspect.