CBS: Police say 7-11 robbery apparently unrelated to bombing suspects

[brooklynite]

...leading to the question: Why did they shoot the MIT officer.

[Rex]

1. So is CBS saying the people that robbed the 7-11 are NOT

the same two people involved in the bombings? Then exactly which group shot the MIT officer?

[malaise]

7. That is the question n/t

[Rex]

9. I cannot find a link to back up the OPs claim anywhere on the Internets.

I tried google...nothin.

[malaise]

11. Someone said it on M$NBComcast

a while ago

[Rex]

12. Okay, but I wonder why nothing else on the WWW?

I would think it should be somewhere by now, since that is big news (imo).

EDIT - NM, got a link now goes to TPM.

[malaise]

16. Good

Amazing indeed

[Barack_America]

2. Did they? I've been confused about the evidence of that.

I was up working until 2am this morning, so tuned into this kind of late.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Once again

the actual facts of what happened, and is happening, is weeks, if not months away.

Everything else is hearsay. We can't even assume they shot the MIT policeman until somebody retrieves a gun and runs ballistics tests.

The news outlets need to shut up until they have actual facts, not anonymous "tips".

[justiceischeap]

4. I think the bombing suspects were in the 7-11 prior to the robbery

and I mean just prior. As far as the MIT officer, it could have been seeing someone in uniform, being afraid he was after them or they could have been trying to plant a bomb and he came upon them... could be they just panicked.

[HiPointDem]

5. at some point i read an account of how the robbery was done by several black males who shot

somebody.

i don't know what's true and what isn't.

[FarCenter]

6. To acquire his weapons and ammunition.

[BainsBane]

8. What?

So has anything we've heard accurate?

[Rex]

10. FWIW, I cannot find anything on the Interwebs to back up this claim.

Try it yourself...can you find any news by CBS claiming this? I cannot.

[brooklynite]

13. Bomber Suspects Did Not Rob Convenience Store

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bomber-suspects-did-not-rob-convenience-store

Despite early reports tying the bombing suspects to a robbery at a convenience store in Cambridge last night ahead of a fatal shootout with police, state police told WBUR on Friday they've established that they were not involved in the robbery.

[Rex]

15. Okay, thanks.

I wonder why this is not making the news talking rounds? Seems to be very important information imo.

[BainsBane]

17. No

Not through Google news or the CBS News website. Ellen is on CBS TV right now, so they aren't treating anything as breaking news.

[OldHippieChick]

14. I could swear I saw surveillance

tape of the both of them inside the 7-11, but that may have been something else. I'll see if I can google.

[OldHippieChick]

18. This is from CBS site, though

I think I saw a clearer one from MSNBC

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10016547-22.html