Despite reports that a suspect was arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing case and was expected to appear shortly in federal court – investigators reported major progress in the Boston Marathon bombing case Wednesday, but that there had been no arrest.
Two law enforcement sources told USA TODAY no arrest had been made. The Associated Press, CNN and Fox Boston said that a suspect had been taken into custody in early afternoon.
The AP report came as several news sources said investigators have identified images of a suspect seen delivering one of the explosive devices that killed 3 people and injured more than 170 at the finish line of the marathon.
CNN’s John King quotes the sources as saying that surveillance video from a nearby Lord &Taylor department store was key in the investigation. Television footage also played a role, CNN reports.
“The camera from Lord & Taylor is the best source of video so far,” said Dot Joyce, a spokeswoman for Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino tells the Boston Globe. “All I know is that they are making progress.”
As investigators painstakingly gather fragments of evidence from the two explosions, a lid has been recovered from a pressure cooker apparently used as the explosive device, a federal law enforcement official said.
Information from The Associated Press, CNN and USA Today contributed to this report.