Boston bomber faces state murder charge in MIT cop’s death

Tsarnaev will still face state charges in Collier’s death after his federal death penalty trial

March 19, 2015 11:23 AM

Forensics photograph released by the U.S. Attorney’s office shows a bloodied service pistol sitting on the seat of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier’s cruiser.

Associated Press

BOSTON — A prosecutor says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev still faces a state murder charge in the death of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police Officer Sean Collier days after the 2013 attacks.

In a statement Thursday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan reiterated a statement from June 2013 in which she said Tsarnaev would face state charges in Collier’s death after his federal death penalty trial.

Tsarnaev is now on trial for the April 2013 bombing at the marathon finish line in which three people died and more than 260 were injured.

Collier was shot days after the explosions. Tsarnaev’s brother, Tamerlan, died later after a shootout with police.

Ryan says her office’s investigation into the shootout that gravely wounded transit Officer Richard Donohue should be complete within two months.