WATERTOWN, Mass. (NBC News) -- Police, federal agents and even National Guardsmen descended on a Boston suburb where there were reports of violence, gunshots and two loud booms Thursday night into early Friday morning - all following the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer.
The large law-enforcement presence gathered in Watertown, Mass., just a few miles from the shooting on MIT's Cambridge campus, where two men had reportedly shot at police officers.
The Watertown scene was marked by reports of rapid gunfire and explosions.
FBI and local police told NBC News they were looking for a connection between the Boston Marathon bombs and the incidents in Watertown and at MIT. "Dozens and dozens" of federal agents had been dispatched to the crime scenes.
A law enforcement source said one of the suspects had been shot.
Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg says he had a "clear line of view" of what he said looked "like a pressure cooker bomb."
Local resident Andrew Kitzenberg described a police standoff outside his house, where two shooters and police engaged in gunfire for several minutes.
The gunmen used "bombs that looked like grenades," Kitzenberg told NBC News.
Kitzenberg said when he looked out the window he saw two people taking cover between a black Mercedes SUV and a sedan, and watched them shooting 70 or 80 yards toward six Watertown police vehicles.
"They engaged in gunfire for a few minutes," Kitzenberg said. "They were also utilizing bombs, which sounded and looked like grenades, while engaging in the gunfight. They also had what looked like a pressure-cooker bomb."
He said the pair took cover behind the Mercedes SUV and were shooting westward toward the police officers. They also had backpacks.
"It was a firefight," he added. "There was a long exchange of gunfire."
Police with guns drawn search for a suspect on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Mass. Earlier, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer was shot and killed late Thursday night at the school's campus in Cambridge. A short time later, police reported exchanging gunfire with alleged carjackers in Watertown, a city near Cambridge. It's not clear whether the shootings are related or whether either are related to the Boston Marathon bombing.
One of the shooters then ran toward the officers, while the other got into the SUV.
The person on foot later fell to the ground, but Kitzenberg said he was unable to tell whether he had been tackled or shot.
The other drove the SUV through the line of police cars at the end of the street, he added.
Kitzenberg said that while he had a "very clear view of the shooters," he couldn't see their faces but described them as "average size, average height."
During the gunbattle, a bullet ended up in the wall of Kitzenberg's apartment, which is on the 2nd and 3rd floors of a multi-family home.
The tense situation in Watertown followed an hours-long lockdown at MIT, where a campus police officer was shot and killed while investigating a disturbance on the Cambridge campus.
As investigators swept the campus, there were reports of violence and an extremely heavy police presence in Watertown, which is only a few miles away.
The events began unfolding with reports of shots fired on the MIT campus at 10:48 p.m. ET, and the situation remained "active and extremely dangerous" for hours, according to MIT's emergency website. It was later reported that a campus officer had been fatally shot several times.
Associated Press
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