Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been a law abiding citizen his entire life.
Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev -LRB- Cyrillic  : Тамерлан Анзорович Царнаев -LSB- , tæm@r'lɑːn ,tsɑr'naɪ.ɛf -RSB- October 21 , 1986 -- April 19 , 2013 -RRB- Тамерлан Анзорович Царнаев  /  Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnayev -LSB- tɐmʲɪrˈlan ɐnzoˈrɐvʲɪtɕ tsarˈnajɪf -RSB- Царнаев Анзор-кIант Тамерлан  /  Carnayev Anzor-khant Tamerlan .. was a terrorist who , with his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , planted bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15 , 2013 .. Dzhokhar. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. bombs at the Boston Marathon. Boston Marathon bombing. The bombings killed three people and reportedly injured as many as 264 others .. Tsarnaev was of half-Chechen and half-Avar descent .. Chechen. Chechen people. Avar. Avar people ( Caucasus ). He came to the United States in 2004 .. At the time of the bombings , Tsarnaev was an aspiring boxer who authorities believe had recently become a follower of radical Islam .. radical Islam. radical Islam. Shortly after the Federal Bureau of Investigation declared them suspects in the bombings and released images of them , the Tsarnaev brothers killed an MIT policeman , carjacked an SUV , and engaged in a shootout with the police in the Boston suburb of Watertown .. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Federal Bureau of Investigation. MIT policeman. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department. carjacked. carjacking. SUV. Sport utility vehicle. Watertown. Watertown, Massachusetts. According to the federal indictment , during the shootout Tsarnaev was captured but died , partly as a result of his brother driving over him , and an MBTA police officer was critically injured in the course of Dzhokhar 's escape in the SUV -LRB- the latter by what may have been friendly fire -RRB- .. Dzhokhar. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. SUV. Sport utility vehicle. MBTA police officer. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police. friendly fire. friendly fire. An injured Dzhokhar escaped , but was found , arrested , and hospitalized on the evening of April 19 after an unprecedented manhunt in which thousands of police searched a 20-block area of Watertown .. Dzhokhar. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Watertown. Watertown, Massachusetts. manhunt. Manhunt ( law enforcement ). During his incarceration , Tsarnaev 's brother allegedly said during questioning that the pair next intended to detonate explosives in Times Square in New York City .. Times Square. Times Square. Dzhokhar reportedly also said to authorities that he and his brother were radicalized , at least in part , by watching Anwar al-Awlaki lectures .. Dzhokhar. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Anwar al-Awlaki. Anwar al-Awlaki. ABC reported on April 23 , 2013 , that authorities linked Tsarnaev to an unsolved triple homicide in nearby Waltham that took place around the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks .. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. an unsolved triple homicide. 2011 Waltham triple murder. Waltham. Waltham, Massachusetts. September 11 attacks. September 11 attacks