Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
U.S. Citizenship photo of Tsarnaev
Native name	Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев
Born	Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev (1993-07-22) July 22, 1993 (age 23) Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan
Residence	ADX Florence federal supermax prison
Other names	Jahar Tsarnaev
Citizenship	Kyrgyzstan, United States
Alma mater	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Organization	None
Known for	Boston Marathon bombing, murdering a law enforcement officer, and other related crimes
Criminal charge	Using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death; malicious destruction of property resulting in death (federal); murder (state) (of MIT police officer)
Criminal penalty	Death by lethal injection
Criminal status	Incarcerated at ADX Florence in Fremont County, Colorado
Parent(s)	Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva
Relatives	1 brother (Tamerlan, deceased) 2 sisters (Ailina and Bella)

Dzhokhar Anzorovich "Jahar" Tsarnaev (Cyrillic: Джоха́р Анзо́рович Царна́ев /ˌdʒoʊˈxɑːr ˌtsɑːrˈnaɪ.ɛf/; born July 22, 1993) is an American citizen born in Kyrgyzstan who was convicted of planting bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, together with his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The bombings killed three people and injured approximately 280 others. At the time of the bombings, Tsarnaev was a student at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Following the bombings, on April 18, there was a shootout between police and the Tsarnaev brothers. An MBTA police officer was critically injured in the course of Tsarnaev's escape in an SUV. Tsarnaev was injured but escaped, and a manhunt ensued, with thousands of police searching a 20-block area of Watertown, Massachusetts. On the evening of April 19, the heavily wounded Tsarnaev was found unarmed hiding in a boat on a trailer in Watertown just outside the police perimeter, arrested, and taken to a hospital. It was later reported that he was persuaded to surrender when the FBI negotiators mentioned a public plea from his former wrestling coach.

While still confined to a hospital bed, Tsarnaev was charged on April 22 with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death and with malicious destruction of property resulting in death. Tsarnaev allegedly later said during questioning that they next intended to detonate explosives in Times Square in New York City. Tsarnaev reportedly also said to authorities that he and his brother were radicalized, at least in part, by watching Anwar al-Awlaki lectures. He was convicted on April 8, 2015, and was sentenced to death on May 15, 2015.