{"id":87122,"date":"2016-09-19T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=87122"},"modified":"2016-09-19T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T18:35:56","slug":"got-suspect-n-y-n-j-bombings-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/got-suspect-n-y-n-j-bombings-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"‘GOT HIM!’ Suspect in N.Y., N.J. bombings in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK – [Scroll down for video<\/em>] — \u00a0Authorities on Monday apprehended 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami<\/a> – wanted in connection in with two bombings Saturday, in Seaside Park, N.J., and in Manhattan – after a shootout with New Jersey police, according to the mayor of Elizabeth, N.J.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage told reporters that Rahami was taken into custody in Linden after exchanging gunfire with police; two officers were shot, one in the hand, one in the vest, the mayor said. Rahami was also shot.<\/p>\n

Video on CNN showed Rahami being wheeled into an ambulance, hands cuffed behind his back, eyes open.<\/p>\n

Police and the FBI had announced earlier Monday they were seeking Rahami in connection with the bombings in New Jersey and Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, though his role in the incidents remains unclear.<\/p>\n

Rahami is a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent born in Afghanistan, according to the FBI; law enforcement officials said they were investigating whether he could have been influenced by international militant groups or the ongoing conflict in his homeland.<\/p>\n

The FBI added Rahami to its “Most Wanted” list, noting that he should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n

Authorities said his last known address was in New Jersey, where state police released multiple images of Rahami, including one from surveillance footage.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after authorities took five people into custody Sunday night in connection with the Chelsea bombing, and their counterparts in New Jersey worked to render safe “multiple improvised explosive devices” discovered Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth just across from Staten Island.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not yet confirmed any connections between the devices discovered in Elizabeth and the earlier bombings on Saturday. A federal law enforcement official told The Washington Post they believe all three cases to be linked and are still questioning the five people who were taken in Sunday night. They would not say whether the five were linked to Rahami or how Rahami’s family fit in, if at all.<\/p>\n

FBI agents also launched Monday morning what they termed an “operation” at an address on Elmora Avenue in Elizabeth, about a mile away from New Jersey Transit’s Elizabeth station. Court records show members of the Rahami family live and work at the address. A restaurant called “First American Fried Chicken” is also located on the ground floor of the same structure.<\/p>\n

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#BREAKING<\/a> PHOTO: Terror Suspect Ahmad Rahami Is IN CUSTODY ALIVE (?: @lachlan<\/a>)https:\/\/t.co\/sMdnSNtpls<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JcTl6Ut3e1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n