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Today is Sunday, April 19th, 2020.

On this day in 2013, 26-year-old Tamarlin Zarnayev died from his injuries after a shootout with the police.

Tamarlin, along with his younger brother Jahar, was suspected of bombing the Boston

Marathon. marathon.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Today we're covering the Boston Marathon bombing and the death of suspected perpetrator

Tamarlan Zarnayev. Let's go back to a quiet suburban street in Waterton, Massachusetts,

just after midnight.

It had been four days since the bombing, since Patriots Day.

Now police finally had a lead on their suspects, two brothers,

26-year-old Tamarlin, and 19-year-old Jahar Zarnayev. Less than an hour earlier, the boys had

attacked a man and stolen his Mercedes-S uv. Local authorities responded to the carjacking following the vehicle's location through an on-board security

system.

When Officer Joseph Reynolds came across the stolen car, ambling slowly down Dexter Avenue, he locked eyes with the driver.

At the time he didn't realize he was looking at one of the men responsible for a deadly terror

attack. Instead, he checked the plate, confirmed

that this was the Mercedes he was looking for, then made a U-turn to pursue.

He radioed in. Reynolds supervisor told him to wait for backup

before stopping the car, so he just followed behind leaving two car lengths

between them. The SUV turned on to Laurel Street.

When Reynolds made the turn himself, he found that the Mercedes had stopped in the middle of the street.

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