Editing Watertown, Massachusetts (section)

=== 21st century ===
Shortly after midnight of April 18–19, 2013, the two suspects in the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] engaged in a [[Boston Marathon bombing#Watertown shootout|protracted battle with police]], in Watertown involving the use of firearms and explosives. [[Tamerlan Tsarnaev]] was critically wounded and later pronounced dead and the town was completely [[lockdown|locked down]] for hours as police, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and [[Army National Guard]] personnel patrolled it, looking for the remaining suspect, [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], who was captured wounded but alive in a boat shortly after the lockdown ended on the following evening.

In the November 2021 election, the citizens voted to amend the official name of the city to "The City of Watertown"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breitrose |first=Charlie |date=2021-11-03 |title=See Precinct Results for 2021 Town Council, School Committee, Library Trustees Races and the Charter Questions |url=https://www.watertownmanews.com/2021/11/03/see-precinct-results-for-2o21-town-council-school-committee-library-trustees-races-and-the-charter-questions/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Watertown News |language=en-US}}</ref> (from "The City Known as the Town of Watertown")