Monday, May 03, 2010

Video of Times Square Suspect



You would think these surveillance videos would have better quality by now. Here's the shot of the purported Times Square suspect, who authorities say is a balding white man in his 40s. Not much to go on but I have faith in the NYPD and FBI to track this guy down if he indeed is the suspect.
A balding, 40-something man caught on camera is the subject of an intense manhunt in connection with the botched but terrifying attempt to bomb Times Square.

In a chilling surveillance video released late last night, the man is seen at the end of Shubert Alley peeling off a sweatshirt he'd been wearing over a short-sleeved red shirt, furtively glancing over his shoulder, then stuffing the sweatshirt into a bag.

Abandoned "in close proximity" was the dark-green, 1993 Nissan Pathfinder loaded with explosives meant to blow a hole through the heart of New York, a source said.

The footage was the most dramatic to emerge from a series of frightening images released by the NYPD yesterday, showing the SUV snaking through thousands of unsuspecting bystanders at the corner of 45th and Broadway at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Moments later, its driver leaped out -- leaving the motor running and the hazard lights on. And within minutes, two vendors heard the pop-pop-pop of M88s and saw smoke seeping out of the SUV.

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