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Tsarnaev Friend: 'He Asked Me To Potentially Borrow The Gun'
ResumeIn the trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Tuesday, jurors heard from Stephen Silva, one of Dzhokhar's high school friends.
Silva testified that he gave Tsarnaev a 9 mm handgun, which was later used to kill MIT police officer Sean Collier, carjack a motorist in Cambridge and send a volley of shots at police in Watertown in the wake of the marathon attacks.
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Jack Lepiarz, WBUR reporter. He tweets @Lepiarz.
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WBUR: Friend Says He Gave Boston Marathon Bomber Handgun
- "A close friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has testified he gave a gun to the Boston Marathon bomber two months before the attack."
This segment aired on March 17, 2015.