UPDATE: CNN is now reporting that sources tell them their earlier report was not correct: there has been no arrest. Several CNN reporters are now nixing earlier reports that they had a suspect in custody. CNN has removed the lower screen scrawl about an arrest to one now saying “conflicting reports.” But most reports they are now getting is that their earlier report was wrong. (We’ve revised this post accordingly)
CNN reports that a suspect has been arrested in the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings. Earlier reports indicated authorities had found a suspect based on looking at videos.
CNN’s headline: Authorities arrest suspect in Boston bombings, source says
The update:
(CNN) — [Breaking news update at 1:47 p.m. Wednesday ]
An arrest has been made in the Boston bombings investigation based on two videos showing images of the suspect, a federal law enforcement source told CNN’s Fran Townsend.
And earlier:
Investigators believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, a source who has been briefed on the investigation told CNN’s John King exclusively.
The breakthrough came from analysis of video from a department store near the site of the second explosion. Video from a Boston television station also contributed to the progress, said the source, who declined to be more specific but called it a significant development.
Earlier, a federal law enforcement source with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told CNN that a lid to a pressure cooker thought to have been used in the bombings had been found on a roof of a building near the scene.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.