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Graphic death photo of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev leaked online – Metro US

Graphic death photo of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev leaked online

Credit: FBI Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout with police just days after the bombing. Credit: FBI

After Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed by police during a shootout Thursday night, a graphic photo of his bullet-riddled body was leaked online.

The photo of Tsarnaev, labeled “Suspect 1” by the FBI, shows his corpse on a table, covered in blood and wounds. It was first posted on Reddit and now appears on LiveLeak (Warning: The photo is extremely graphic.)

As TMZ reports, the photo is real and law enforcement officials have launched an investigation into how it ended up online.

His brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was still being hunted by police in Watertownon Friday afternoon.