Eerie Photos of Boston on Lockdown During the Marathon Bombing Suspect Manhunt

S.W.A.T. officers from suburban communities aided Boston police officers in keeping guard at the nearly deserted South Station area on April 19, 2013, as the manhunt continued for Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. –Reuters

Meghan Colloton

April 18, 2014

On April 19, 2013, Boston residents woke up to the news that the city was in lockdown as police searched for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Public transportation was shut down and residents were urged to remain indoors. Bostonians took to social media and posted images of what they encountered around the city.

Here are some of the photos:

Eerie shot of Mass Ave in Central Square #Cambridge. #lockdown pic.twitter.com/t3ItKyD7Z7
— Josh Zisson (@BikeSafeBoston) April 19, 2013

Desolate Harvard Square. #boston #ghosttown @wcbv @CNN @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/un0sEahyGj
— Semonti Hossain (@someaunty) April 19, 2013

Yard almost completely empty as #Harvard closes. More @thecrimson pic.twitter.com/vaNMzQVLhc
— Madeline R. Conway (@MadelineRConway) April 19, 2013

Downtown Crossing 10:30 am pic.twitter.com/9aGvnmuhOH
— Steve Brown (@WBURSteve) April 19, 2013

Boston is still totally empty. Another pic from Cambridge side of Longfellow @usatoday pic.twitter.com/MoTVyR3dks
— Antonio Regalado (@antonioregalado) April 19, 2013

Harvard Ave T-stop in #boston , intermittent cars n pedestrians but mostly empty, no cabs in normal pickup area pic.twitter.com/1e9ylSIPR7
— Goodwin + 1 (@GoodwinWinsgood) April 19, 2013

This is Harvard Square at 2 pm. Never has it been so empty and quiet! pic.twitter.com/AvTodrIvXc
— Gregory Moore (@gregmooreDP) April 19, 2013

#ghostown @universalhub @CharlestwnPatch the Garden pic.twitter.com/6FRL9RVoKC
— Garry Waldeck (@Garrywaldeck) April 19, 2013

Cambridge streets remain deserted. pic.twitter.com/r3kF3bWzR2
— Rebecca Elliott (@rfelliott) April 19, 2013

Inman Square, normally one of the busiest intersections in Boston area, basically a ghost town pic.twitter.com/fNBnRLVtzK
— Dan_Rowinski (@Dan_Rowinski) April 19, 2013

View from my daughter's dorm window of the Boston Common. "Empty. Like a ghost town," she says. pic.twitter.com/80GqMHZJL9
— Cloe Poisson (@cloepoisson) April 19, 2013

Never should have to wake up, walk over to my window, and see Boston commons this empty. #Crazy #BostonStrong pic.twitter.com/gjVcED8uIq
— Jess Boyd (@Atta__BOYd) April 19, 2013

Downtown #Boston at rush hour during manhunt lockdown pic.twitter.com/d8jwJEYXik
— Andrew Tangel (@AndrewTangel) April 19, 2013

Mass Pike is deserted. pic.twitter.com/p8LCGMaNxV
— Danielle WAAF (@DanielleWAAF) April 19, 2013

Mass Ave in Central Square at 9:40 am on a Friday. Crazy. pic.twitter.com/0PQoc4nGDL
— Jason Schwartz (@JasonSchwartz) April 19, 2013

i fell asleep to the sound of helicopters overhead and woke up to this on my front door--whoa pic.twitter.com/oz4ZTgjyoo
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) April 19, 2013

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