[The tweet speculation after the jump turned out to be a false, but it’s here for the record, and to show how Twitter quickly self-corrects in real-time.]
BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi. #Boston #MIT
— Kevin Michael WFSB (@KallMeKG) April 19, 2013
Damn. The missing brown student Sunil. Damn this is insane
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) April 19, 2013
Remember, scanners are always *UNCONFIRMED* // RT @buzzfeedandrew: Wow Reddit was right about the missing Brown student per the scanner.
— Nolan Hicks (@ndhapple) April 19, 2013
BREAKING: 1 of the suspects, per scanner is Sunil Tripathi, Brown studentreported missing in March abcnews.go.com/US/sunil-tripa… – @buzzfeedjack
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 19, 2013
Amazing GIF — Sunil morphing into the bombing suspect… bit.ly/11I3lDZ (via @notbillwalton) (cc: @kateaurthur @buzzfeedandrew)
— justin kanew (@justin_kanew) April 19, 2013
This is heartbreaking. Sunil’s family made a video asking him to come home. youtu.be/t12tfTJ10bU
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) April 19, 2013
Man. RT @lauraolin: Oh, man. (Via bit.ly/17uvzTv via @mat) twitter.com/lauraolin/stat…
— David Weiner (@daweiner) April 19, 2013
NBC is being extremely cautious about the name trending on Twitter right now; if anything, seems like Pete Williams suggesting it’s wrong.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) April 19, 2013
Yes. RT @bubbaprog: But what NBC just reported it is definitely NOT Tripathi.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) April 19, 2013
OK Pete Williams just said “let’s put that to rest” on one suspect being the missing Brown student. He’s all in on it.
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) April 19, 2013
@dmataconis #SunilTripathiHoax Sunil Tripathi and Suspect 2 – They are two very different persons twitter.com/india_review/s…
— Ajay Dave (@ajayrdave) April 19, 2013
me and @buzzfeedandrew on the social media goose chase for Sunil Tripathi: buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynsk…
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) April 19, 2013
The Dish 