The man
wanted in connection for two bombings and an attempted bombing in New
York and New Jersey this weekend has been arrested after a shootout with
police.
A
bar owner in Linden, New Jersey called police around 11am Monday
morning, after finding 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami sleeping in the
entryway of his business.
When
police arrived on the scene, Rahami brandished a weapon and started
shooting at the cops - injuring two. Officers eventually shot Rahami in
the right shoulder and he was taken from the scene in an ambulance,
handcuffed to a stretcher.
Police
released Rahami's picture Monday morning, saying he was wanted for
questioning in connection to the Saturday bombings in New York City and
Seaside Park, New Jersey, as well as the foiled bombing of the
Elizabeth, New Jersey train station on Sunday. Law enforcement say it
was fingerprints left behind on an unexploded pressure cooker bomb in
Manhattan that led them to Rahami. Twenty-nine people were injured when
another bomb placed a few blocks away was detonated Saturday night.
Now
that Rahami is in custody, investigators are now looking into whether
he acted alone or was perhaps working with or for a larger terror
network.
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