Feds deny reports Boston suspect is arrested

By Denise Lavoie

Published April 17, 2013 4:00am ET

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Feds deny reports Boston suspect is arrested — Officials in tactical gear stand guard behind a Boston Police Department barricade near the site of the Boston Marathon explosions. A suspect in the bombings was taken into custody Wednesday in a breakthrough that came less than 48 hours after the deadly attack, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

BOSTON (AP) — Police and reporters converged on the federal courthouse in Boston on Wednesday amid conflicting reports of whether a suspect was in custody in the marathon bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 170.

Several media outlets reported earlier in the day that a suspect had been identified from surveillance video taken at a Lord & Taylor store between the sites of the two bomb blasts.

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