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Line 237: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested at 8:42{{nbsp}}p.m.<ref name="autogenerated2" /><ref name="autogenerated1" /> and taken to [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]], where he was listed in [[Medical state#Serious|critical condition]]<ref name="AutoLC-88" /> with gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs, and hand.<ref name="AutoLC-89" /> Initial reports that the neck wound represented a suicide attempt were contradicted by Tsarnaev's being found unarmed.<ref name="AutoG4-2" /> The situation was chaotic, according to a police source quoted by ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and the firing of weapons occurred during "the fog of war".<ref name="AutoLC-87" /> A subsequent review by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provided this more specific summary: "One officer fired his weapon without appropriate authority in response to perceived movement in the boat, and surrounding officers followed suit in a round of '[[contagious shooting|contagious fire]]', assuming they were being fired on by Tsarnaev. Weapons continued to be fired for several seconds until on scene supervisors ordered a ceasefire and regained control of the scene. The unauthorized shots created another dangerous [[crossfire]] situation".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/mema/after-action-report-for-the-response-to-the-2013-boston-marathon-bombings.pdf |title=After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings |date=December 2014 |website=Government of Massachusetts |publisher=Executive Office of Public Safety and Security |access-date=October 10, 2017 |quote=Improvement Area 4, Lack of Weapons Discipline, page 114}}</ref> The confusion was caused in part by a lack of clearly identified and coordinated law enforcement command of the thousands of officers from surrounding communities who self-deployed into the Watertown area during the events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/mema/after-action-report-for-the-response-to-the-2013-boston-marathon-bombings.pdf |title=After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings |date=December 2014 |website=Government of Massachusetts |publisher=Executive Office of Public Safety and Security |access-date=February 20, 2020 |quote=Improvement Areas 4.1 and 4.8, pages 113 & 117}}</ref> After Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken into custody, the FBI revealed that it had investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 after the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency, had expressed concern about his potential radicalization. That investigation had included an interview of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. At that time, the FBI found no evidence of terrorist involvement by Tamerlan Tsarnaev.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/2011-request-for-information-on-tamerlan-tsarnaev-from-foreign-government |title=2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government |website=archives.fbi.gov|date=April 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/boston-bombing-anniversary/russia-warned-u-s-about-tsarnaev-spelling-issue-let-him-n60836 | title=Russia Warned U.S. About Tsarnaev, but Spelling Issue Let Him Escape | website=[[NBC News]] | date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-26 |title=Russia warned U.S. about Boston Marathon bomb suspect Tsarnaev: report |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2P02R/ On April 24, investigators reported that they had reconstructed the bombs, and believed that they had been triggered by remote controls used for toy cars.<ref name="la-times-bombs-triggered" /> | |||