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A police officer gives a thumbs up to another in Watertown, Mass. Friday, after the manhunt for the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured.
The standoff between authorities and the suspected Boston Marathon bomber has ended.
Boston Police just tweeted
Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info.
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed Friday in a furious attempt to escape police.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been holed up in a boat in a Watertown neighborhood. The crowd gathered near the scene let out a cheer when spectators saw officers clapping.
"Everyone wants him alive," said Kathleen Paolillo, a 27-year-old teacher who lives in Watertown.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted "We got him," along with a photo of the police commissioner speaking to him.
"We got him" #oneboston twitter.com/mayortommenino...
— Mayor Tom Menino (@mayortommenino) April 20, 2013
During a long night of violence Thursday into Friday, the brothers killed an MIT police officer, severely wounded another lawman and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle, authorities said.
CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013
As people cheered on the streets for law enforcement, Boston police tweeted out a sober reminder of the victims:
In our time of rejoicing, let us not forget the families of Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, Krystle Campbell and Officer Sean Collier.
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013
This is a developing story. An earlier version was posted at 8:55 p.m. and updated at 9:00 and 9:12 p.m.