Boston Bombing: CNN Reports that a Potential Suspect May Have Been Identified

Impact

A major development has just broken in the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

CNN's is reporting that investigators have identified a suspect according to sources that spoke to CNN's John King. The suspect was apparently identified by video footage from a Lord and Taylor shop from the scene of the bombing along with video footage from a local Boston news station. A press conference by law enforcement is scheduled at 5:00 P.M. EDT, pushed back from an earlier time of 1:00 P.M.

On television John King would only confirm that he had talked to a law enforcement source about a major breakthrough in the case. On the TV news channel John King gave up one detail, that the suspect is " a dark-skinned male."

More on this story as it develops.