Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anzorovich and the family name is Tsarnaev.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Джохар Царнаев
Passport photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev released during 2013 manhunt
Born
Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev

(1993-07-22) July 22, 1993 (age 31)
Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan[1] or Dagestan, Russia[2]
Other namesJahar Tsarnaev[3]
CitizenshipUnited States[4]
EducationCambridge Rindge and Latin School
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth (incomplete mechanical engineering program)
Known forBoston Marathon bombing
Criminal statusIncarcerated at ADX Florence[5]
Parent(s)Anzor Tsarnaev (father)
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (mother)
Relatives
Conviction(s)Use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 2332a) (2 counts)
Use of a weapon of mass destruction (18 U.S.C. § 2332a) (4 counts)
Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 2332a)
Bombing a place of public use resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 2332a) (2 counts)
Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 2332a)
Maliciously destroying property resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 844) (2 counts)
Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 844)
Carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury (18 U.S.C. § 2119)
Use of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 924) (9 counts)
Use of a firearm during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. § 924) (6 counts)
Interfering with commerce by threats or violence (18 U.S.C. § 1951)
Criminal penaltyDeath

Dzhokhar "Jahar" Anzorovich Tsarnaev (born July 22, 1993) is an American terrorist of Chechen and Avar descent who perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombing. On April 15, 2013, Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, planted pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombs detonated, killing three people and injuring 264 others.[6]

On April 18, 2013, the Tsarnaev brothers attacked and killed MIT Police Officer Sean Collier. During an ensuing shootout with police, Dzhokhar was injured and Tamerlan died. A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police officer was critically injured in the course of the Tsarnaevs' escape. On the evening of April 19, after thousands of police officers conducted a manhunt in Watertown, Massachusetts, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was located hiding in a boat in the backyard of a resident, was shot, and was taken into custody.[7] During a subsequent interrogation, Tsarnaev said he and his brother intended to also detonate explosives in New York City's Times Square. He has said that his crimes were inspired, in part, by Anwar al-Awlaki.

Tsarnaev was tried and convicted of 30 counts and was sentenced to death. His death sentence was vacated on appeal in July 2020, but the U.S. Supreme Court reversed that decision in March 2022. As of 2024, he was being held on death row at ADX Florence federal supermax prison in Colorado.[8]

  1. ^ Idov, Michael (April 19, 2013). "Are the Tsarnaev Brothers Russian?". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Bruce (April 20, 2013). "Kyrgyz Former Neighbors Talk About Tsarnaevs, North Caucasus Ties". Radio Free Europe.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference doj-affidavit-2013-04-21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WashPost04192013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Sargent, Hillary. "Tsarnaev moved to supermax prison". Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings" (PDF). National Policing Institute. December 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "Photos: Manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects". The Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  8. ^ Murphy, Shelley (April 16, 2023). "Where the legal battle over Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence stands a decade after the Marathon bombings". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 15, 2024.