Bomb suspect captured alive in backyard boat

BY PIERRE THOMAS, BRIAN ROSS, LEE FERRAN and COLLEEN CURRY
ABC News

WATERTOWN, MA (ABCNews.com) — The alleged Boston Marathon bomber who hid from authorities for more than 12 hours was captured tonight by police, sending cheers up through the Watertown neighborhood where he was found.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found by a homeowner lying in a boat in the man’s backyard around 7 p.m.

Gunfire broke out in the immediate aftermath of the discovery, but quickly stopped as police hunkered down for a standoff with Tsarnaev that lasted a little more than an hour and a half.