After Bombing, Shooting, and Carjacking, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Didn’t Shoplift
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 charges — 17 of which include the possibility of the death penalty — for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath. But in a bizarre moment captured on video three days after the bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev decided not to chance a shoplifting charge.
Surveillance video of carjacking victim Dun Meng’s daring escape shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev actively deciding to turn around and return snacks that he had not yet paid for.
Meng testified on Thursday that he was kidnapped and carjacked at gunpoint by the brothers on the evening of April 18, 2013. With Tamerlan Tsarnaev distracted in the driver’s seat and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gathering snacks inside a gas station, Meng scrambled to flee the vehicle and make it to safety.
The older Tsarnaev then rushed into the store to get his brother and leave the scene before police arrived.
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As you can see in the GIF above, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began to run out of the store with a handful of snacks. He then abruptly stopped, turned around, and quickly put the items down near the front counter. Finally, Tsarnaev placed his empty hands up and made eye contact with the shop owner as he bolted for the door.
The surveillance video was taken on the evening of April 18, 2013. That’s three days after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother allegedly set off explosions that killed three people and injured over 260 others. And it’s about an hour after the brothers allegedly shot and killed MIT police officer Sean Collier in his vehicle.
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