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See the Final Moments Before Boston Bombing Suspect Was Arrested

See the Final Moments Before Boston Bombing Suspect Was Arrested

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Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:39:48 p.m. Tsarnaev stands in the boat with his hands raised.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

January 5, 2015 2:28 PM EST

Sgt. Sean Murphy visited TIME in December 2013 to discuss the photographs he made during the dramatic capture of suspected Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on April 19, 2013, in one of the first interviews since he retired from the force. As the bombing suspect’s trial on 30 criminal counts begins in Boston this week, relive the final moments of the manhunt that led to his arrest. The full interview can be read on TIME LightBox.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 6:02.14 p.m. Tactical Police Officers converge on the house where 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding at the time of his capture in Watertown, Mass., April 19, 2013.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 6:04.55 p.m. Tactical Police Officers get their first view of the boat where Tsarnaev was hiding.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 6:15.04 p.m. Massachusetts State Police troopers prepare for the final assault on the boat where Tsarnaev was hiding.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:08:59 p.m. The boat containing Tsarnaev.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:29:21 p.m. Tsarnaev, bloody and disheveled, rises out of the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:29:38 p.m. Tsarnaev raises his hands.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:31:10 p.m. Tsarnaev stands in the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:31:11 p.m. Tsarnaev stands in the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:31:23 p.m. Tsarnaev stands in the boat with the red dot of a rifle's laser sight locked on his head.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:32:10 p.m. Tsarnaev raises his shirt to show that he is not armed or concealing an explosive device.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:33:54 p.m. Tsarnaev begins to step out of the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:39:48 p.m. Tsarnaev stands in the boat with his hands raised.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:39:48 p.m.Tsarnaev stands in the boat with his hands raised.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:39:59 p.m. Tactical units move in on Tsarnaev to remove him from the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:40:06 p.m. Tactical units move in on Tsarnaev to remove him from the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:40:16 p.m. Tactical units move in on Tsarnaev to remove him from the boat.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:40:31 p.m. Tactical units remove Tsarnaev from the boat and place him in custody.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:46:48 p.m. Tactical units tend to Tsarnaev.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:46:48 p.m. Tactical units tend to Tsarnaev.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture — 7:49:02 p.m. Medical personnel move Tsarnaev into an ambulance.Sgt. Sean Murphy—Massachusetts State Police

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