LINDEN, N.J. (AP) – An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police that erupted when he was discovered sleeping in the doorway of a bar, authorities said.
WABC-TV footage showed 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher in Linden. He appeared to be conscious and looking around. His upper right arm looked bandaged and bloodied.
Two officers were wounded in the shootout but were not believed to have been seriously hurt, authorities said.
The arrest came just hours after police issued a bulletin and photo of Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan who lived with family in an apartment in Elizabeth, New Jersey, over a fried-chicken restaurant owned by his father.
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said that late Monday morning, the owner of a bar reported someone asleep in his doorway. A police officer went to investigate and recognized the man as Rahami, police and the mayor said.