Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been communicating with investigators since Sunday, according to an official speaking anonymously. Due to a neck injury, the 19-year-old has been writing his answers. No details on investigator’s questions or the suspect’s answers have been released.
Tsarnaev remains hospitalized under heavy guard at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Officials say he is receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg and the neck. He is said to be in serious but stable condition. Authorities are investigating whether the neck wound was self inflicted or sustained in a shootout with officers late Thursday.
The teen was captured Friday night in Watertown, ending a massive manhunt that shutdown Boston and several suburbs. He was hiding in a boat in a backyard.
Meanwhile, new details have emerged on the shootout that left the second bombing suspect, Dzhokhar’s older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, dead. After publicly revealing the brothers as their suspects, authorities found the pair in a stolen car in Watertown. A shootout ensued. Tamerlan, 26, eventually got out of the car and walked towards officers as he fired continuously. Officers tackled him as soon as he ran out of bullets, but Dzhokhar sped towards them in the car. The officers moved out of the way and Dzhokhar ran over his brother. Tamerlan’s body was dragged under the car for several feet. Tamerlan died at a hospital early Friday morning. Explosives were found on his body.
Authorities have also revealed a large cache of homemade explosives were found at the scene of the shootout. Police commissioner Ed Davis said it appears the brothers were about to launch another attack. "We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene -- the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had -- that they were going to attack other individuals," Davis old CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday.
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