Breaking News
This went down about an hour ago. I will update as more details are released, as it has the makings of another excellent MGCSS.
UPDATE: Police have surrounded a house in Malden where the suspects are reportedly hiding out.
UPDATE: According to Howie Carr (WRKO), Channel 7 is reporting that one of the three heavily armed white men holed up in the house has been arrested. The men were reportedly armed with "AK-47's", but given the Barrios-like knowledge of firearms often displayed by our local news media outlets, I'm betting they were anything but.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Channel 7 story here.
Ninety-nine percent of the people in Boston wouldn't recognize an AK-47 if it was jammed straight up their ass with the owner's manual attached. Of course, this would beg the question, "How could that be? AK-47's are illegal in Boston!"
Oh, that's right, they're only illegal to own if you are a law-abiding citizen with no criminal history or inclinations. I keep forgetting. Silly me.
UPDATE: Not surpisingly, the Boston Globe has jumped all over the AK-47 hype of this story like Michael Jackson on a...uh...never mind.
While the Boston Herald is playing it cool...for now.
UPDATE: Looks like the feds know better (at least this one does anyway).
EEK! Not "long weapons"! Why those must have been those Uzi-Mac-47's I've been reading about, the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction ever produced. I hear they have special planetary-curvature explosive rounds now that can shoot down airplanes half a continent away!
Senator Barrios! Hold me, I'm scared.
UPDATE: FOX 25 News tonight played a bit from an interview they did with a witness at the scene on Hanover Street. This guy had to have the been the state's premier expert on firearms, as he was able to tell the reporter about the "fully automatic weapons" the men were carrying.
That's funny, I didn't read any reports about shots having been fired. So, he can tell if a gun is a machine gun just by looking at it? Wow, I'm impressed.
UPDATE: This witness from the scene is obviously from the 1% Club (see above).
Based on the above examples, I hereby present the Accurate Reporting on Stories Involving Scary Guns Award to the Boston Herald for their coverage of this event and to Mr. Bloomer for the eyewitness account he gave them.
BOSTON -- Police are searching for three men after they allegedly tried to rob an armored truck robbery in Boston's North End.
The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. on Hanover Street. No one was injured, and no money was stolen.
UPDATE: Police have surrounded a house in Malden where the suspects are reportedly hiding out.
UPDATE: According to Howie Carr (WRKO), Channel 7 is reporting that one of the three heavily armed white men holed up in the house has been arrested. The men were reportedly armed with "AK-47's", but given the Barrios-like knowledge of firearms often displayed by our local news media outlets, I'm betting they were anything but.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Channel 7 story here.
The suspects, described as three white men, are believed to be armed with AK-47's and are considered armed and dangerous.
Ninety-nine percent of the people in Boston wouldn't recognize an AK-47 if it was jammed straight up their ass with the owner's manual attached. Of course, this would beg the question, "How could that be? AK-47's are illegal in Boston!"
Oh, that's right, they're only illegal to own if you are a law-abiding citizen with no criminal history or inclinations. I keep forgetting. Silly me.
UPDATE: Not surpisingly, the Boston Globe has jumped all over the AK-47 hype of this story like Michael Jackson on a...uh...never mind.
...several homes and businesses were reportedly evacuated as police search for three white men they believe are carrying AK-47’s, according to Boston.com sources.
While the Boston Herald is playing it cool...for now.
All three were described as masked and heavily armed.
UPDATE: Looks like the feds know better (at least this one does anyway).
The suspects in the attempted robbery were armed with "long weapons," (FBI spokeswoman Gail) Marcinkiewicz said.
EEK! Not "long weapons"! Why those must have been those Uzi-Mac-47's I've been reading about, the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction ever produced. I hear they have special planetary-curvature explosive rounds now that can shoot down airplanes half a continent away!
Senator Barrios! Hold me, I'm scared.
UPDATE: FOX 25 News tonight played a bit from an interview they did with a witness at the scene on Hanover Street. This guy had to have the been the state's premier expert on firearms, as he was able to tell the reporter about the "fully automatic weapons" the men were carrying.
That's funny, I didn't read any reports about shots having been fired. So, he can tell if a gun is a machine gun just by looking at it? Wow, I'm impressed.
UPDATE: This witness from the scene is obviously from the 1% Club (see above).
"I saw what I believed to be a semiautomatic rifle fall on the ground from the passenger side" of the van, Bloomer said. "They picked up the rifle, closed the door and proceeded down Hanover Street."
Based on the above examples, I hereby present the Accurate Reporting on Stories Involving Scary Guns Award to the Boston Herald for their coverage of this event and to Mr. Bloomer for the eyewitness account he gave them.
