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« Also in today's Globe West ... | Main | More asbestos found at Newton North High construction site » Thursday, November 8, 2007Three-and-a-half hours that turned a town inside-out
NEEDHAM A murder is always a traumatic event for a quiet suburban town like Needham, but technology transformed Friday's tragic killing of a 78-year-old homeowner into a townwide convulsion, during which both the advantages and pitfalls of instant communication were on display. With a suspected murderer on the loose, an entire town full of children and innocent civilians was alerted, locked down, and finally reassured, all with remarkable speed, staff writers Ralph Ranalli and Lisa Kocian report in today's Globe West At the same time, holes in the system were exposed, mistakes were made, and the heightened state of alert resulted in a televised armed standoff in the middle of Needham Center that turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Read more about 3 1/2 hours that turned a peaceful suburb inside out. -- Ralph Ranalli Posted by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk at 02:11 PM
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