UPDATE: Captured
An eyewitness to Rahami's capture in Linden, NJ told Fox News that he saw a man walking down a street with a gun in his hand. A police car pulled up next to him and the man fired at the car 4-6 times. The shooter then began running down the street with several other police cars following him, the witness, Peter Bilinskas, said.
One officer was reported to have been shot during the encounter and another officer had a head injury, the Linden mayor's office announced. The alleged shooter was also injured during the incident. Linden is about four miles from Elizabeth.
Let's not jump to any conclusions. No doubt it has nothing to do with Islam. And I'm sure that he and all his fellow cell members have histories of mental illness. But this is the guy the FBI wants.
A 28-year-old man is being sought in connection with the bomb blast that injured 29 people in Chelsea on Saturday night — and authorities are investigating the possible existence of a local terror cell, sources told The Post.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a US citizen from New Jersey who was born in Afghanistan, could be armed and dangerous
Authorities were able to identify Rahami with the help of a cell phone left behind with an unexploded pressure cooker found on West 27th Street — blocks away from the explosion on West 23rd Street, a source told ABC News.
He is believed to be the man seen in surveillance video taken Saturday night in Chelsea and at the scene on West 27th Street, a law enforcement source told ABC News.
Rahami is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and brown facial hair.
The alarming possibility of a terror cell in New York and New Jersey emerged as the FBI launched a raid in Elizabeth, New Jersey, early Monday — hours after authorities discovered five suspicious devices, one of which blew up near a train station.
The feds, including members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, raided an apartment where Rahami lives above a fried chicken restaurant on Elmora Avenue.
So the question, as always, is whether the tradeoff of Muslim immigration is worth it. Chelsea is not exactly the most pro-Trump place, but you have to wonder if some of the locals are rethinking things.