WCVB Channel Five in Boston-Heavy Security at Federal Courthouse; People Moved Across Street

[MADem]

Source: WCVB

Four US Marshall vans have arrived; heavily armed personnel in the area; and a CODE RED (building evacuated) has been declared. Alarms going off in building; per reporter Kelly Tuthill (who was in there) she was told to HURRY to get out of the building.

Forty to sixty people have streamed out of the building thus far.

Video is being shown of a crowd mustered across the street.



Read more: Link to source http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon

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EDIT==They just backed a van INTO the courthouse, and there was a person hanging on the side of the van (like the secret service do when they "stand" on the side of a car). Speculation is that they cleared the building to bring someone in. Nothing verified yet.

EDIT2==The bomb squad has arrived and they are parked out front. They are going in now.

EDIT3--Boats are coming in on the other side of the courthouse. Link to live feed above.

Speculation is starting to form that the bomb squad is there as a preventive measure.

[leftynyc]

1. I'm wondering

if it's just the press and the public that is going from the reports of an arrest or whether something is actually going down.

[naaman fletcher]

3. nah

All that is happening is that for the next few days every time someone forgets one of their belongings somewhere everyone is going to panic.

[wryter2000]

2. live video here

http://www.myfoxboston.com/category/246064/breaking-news-livestream

courtesy of another thread

[Purveyor]

4. LIVE UPDATING...

A veteran prosecutor tells Kelley Tuthill this is the first "Code Red" in his memory.
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:15 PM
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There is a great deal of police boats and Coast Guard boats on the harbor side of the courthouse.
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:15 PM

3:14 PM
Sean Kelly/Staff @SeanKellyTV
RT @LokayWCVB: 3:10pm: A white van with a police officer clinging to the rear has pulled into the Moakley Courthouse.


Boston Police Bomb Squad has just arrived at the Federal Courthouse
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:13 PM

Jack Harper says reporters are being moved even a greater distance from the courthouse.
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:12 PM

A witness tells Kelley Tuthill there was a bomb threat to the building.
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:11 PM

3:10pm: A white van with a police officer clinging to the rear has pulled into the Moakley Courthouse.
by Jim Lokay/Staff via twitter 3:10 PM

3:09pm - The Moakley Federal Courthouse, where all the media has been swarming, is being evacuated. @wcvbkelleyt heard "code red" inside.
by Jim Lokay/Staff via twitter 3:09 PM

Lingzi Lu was a master's degree student in statistics said to be very well liked with a wide circle of friends @ #WCVB
by Amalia Barreda via twitter 3:08 PM

3:07pm - Media pushed across the street from Moakley courthouse and now many people are LEAVING the building.
by Jim Lokay/Staff via twitter 3:08 PM

RT @NotifyBoston: Pet owners needing access to pets inside crime scene perimeter: please call 617-635-4500 to coordinate. t.co ...
by Jim Lokay/Staff via twitter 3:07 PM

The Boston Federal Courthouse is being evacuated. The reason is not clear. US Marshal vans arrived with heavily armed personnel.
by Neil Ungerleider/Staff 3:07 PM

Pet owners needing access to pets inside crime scene perimeter: please call 617-635-4500 to coordinate. http://ow.ly/ka7a3 @arlboston
by City of Boston via twitter 3:07 PM

BU Math Dept. Chair says Chinese graduate student killed by Marathon bombing "extremely energetic and enthusiastic" @ #WCVB
by Amalia Barreda via twitter 3:06 PM

Headline on email from FBI "NO ARREST MADE IN BOMBING INVESTIGATION" #wcvb
by Sean Kelly/Staff via twitter 3:06 PM

Crowd and security outside Fed courthouse Boston described as bigger than response for Whitey Bulger.
by Sean Kelly/Staff via twitter 3:05 PM

Evacuation fed court. Code red called on loud speaker #wcvb
by Kelley Tuthill/Staff via twitter edited by Shaun Ganley/Staff 3:04 PM


Read more: http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon

[kestrel91316]

5. Maybe a bombing sympathizer heard the false report that an arrest had been made and

phoned in a bomb threat to the courthouse to mess with the arrest/booking/arraignment??

(even though there actually hasn't been an arrest)

[KoKo]

7. Maybe "taken into custody for questioning" has been misinterpreted

as Arrest and that's what's leading to the conflicting reports?

[KoKo]

6. Boston.com is Tweeting that Brigham & Women's Hospital Evacuated

A portion of Brigham and Women’s Hospital was evacuation at about 3 p.m. after a person pulled up to the valet entrance at 45 Francis St. and left the car locked. Valets noticed gas cans in car and security ordered an evacuation out of an abundance of caution, hospital spokeswoman Erin McDonough said.
by Teresa Hanafin, Boston.com 3:14 PM

[RobinA]

8. Sounds Like

We're in the massive overreaction to everything stage of this event.

[OKNancy]

9. I laughed at this tweet by the Reuters guy

Scott Malone ?@MaloneReuters 7m
Only in Boston: Reporters outside evacuated Boston courthouse hearing a bagpiper.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. The live feed said the police have seen a video of someone dropping off a bag before the blast.

[cleduc]

11. ABC reporting courthouse NOT given all clear

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/04/live-updates-boston-marathon-bombing-day-3/

"3:39 pm ET: All clear at courthouse, say Boston police, following bomb threat.

3:45 p.m. ET: Boston police now say courthouse has not been given the all clear, and they are still investigating."

Whether we can trust that report is another question ...