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The Week in Review: The Week Dominated by Boston Marathon Bombings, Shootout in Watertown, Chase, Lock Down and Capture
The week was dominated by the explosions that killed spectators at the Marathon and then the subsequence gun battle, stay in place order then the arrest of final suspect.

There was only story this week: The bombings on the finish line of the Boston Marathon and the subsequent gun battle, search. lock down and capture of a suspect in the bombings in neighboring Watertown.
It started Monday with twin explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon which was reported extensively on social media . Just about half of the two dozen Belmont runners reported finishing the race as the race was halted after the bombs went off.
While the bombs killed three and injured hundreds, the terror events won't stop one Belmont runner from participating in next year's Marathon while another provided a first-person's viewpoint of being in the race and being stopped just short of the finish line.
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Two Belmont churches held prayer and candlelight vigils while the owners of Belmont Center's Craft Beer Cellar held a fundraiser where the proceeds will be going to the newly established OneBoston foundation.
Early Friday morning, a report that the Marathon bombing suspects killed a MIT officer and injure another in a running gun battle that ended in Watertown where police conducted a manhunt for the second suspect.
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At 6 a.m., For 12 hours, Belmont became a ghost town.
Three hours after the lock down ended, police calls reported that "We Got the Guy" and the surviving suspect was in custody.
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