Captured: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A disturbing week-long saga comes to an end with the capture of the second of two brothers accused of killing three people and injuring 176 others

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the gruesome Boston Marathon bombings, was finally cornered and captured by law enforcement officials on Friday evening, after a dramatic day-long manhunt that had Boston on lockdown.

The 19-year-old, whose older brother and alleged accomplice Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout with police early Friday morning, is alive and in custody after a separate lengthy standoff with police, several news outlets reported late Friday evening.

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Ben Frumin

Ben Frumin is the former editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com.