Police have arrested Ahmad Rahami, wanted in connection with the bombings in Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, after a shoot-out in Linden, New Jersey.
Two officers were reported injured, one struck by a car and another by gunfire, after they responded to reports of a suspect shooting at passing cars in Linden, a city just south of Elizabeth.
#BREAKING
Unconfirmed active shooter #Elizabeth NJ#ChelseaExplosion
Photo is possibly related to #activeshooter pic.twitter.com/XeJqHBESSY— Buffing Actions News (@BuffingActions) September 19, 2016
Police said the suspect was detained. Sources told NBC News the suspect was identified as Rahami, a 28-year-old Elizabeth, NJ resident suspected in a series of explosions in New Jersey and New York over the weekend.
Rahami was reported “alive but injured”. Local media showed a photo of him being loaded into an ambulance.
Ahmad Khan Rahami alive but injured, loaded into ambulance in Linden https://t.co/aMCNYxwFnH pic.twitter.com/JJlFhPLYSu
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 19, 2016
Officers also found a “suspicious package.” The bomb squad and explosive-sniffing dogs have been called in.
Linden NJ Active Shooter 500 East Elizabeth Ave 1 perp in custody and they just found a suspicious package req Bomb Sq & K-9 to the scene
— SBA (@SBANYPD) September 19, 2016
Police identified the Afghanistan-born Rahami on Monday as a person of interest in the series of bombing incidents over the weekend in New Jersey and New York City.
One improvised explosive device detonated just minutes before a US Marine Corps charity race on Saturday, in Seaside Park. Another bomb, also located in a trash bin, went off in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, injuring 29 people. A third device detonated at the Elizabeth, New Jersey train station Monday morning, as police were trying to disarm it.
After the description of Rahami’s car was made public, one report placed it at West Point, some 50 miles north of New York City, prompting a brief lockdown of the US Military Academy. It turned out to be a false alarm.
Who are all the people dressed in civvies? Why are they all obscured by the tree branch? Not very professional. Who’s the guy pointing off into the distance like he’s giving driving directions?
Where are all the police? There’s a live shooting and there aren’t 50 pigs swarming around? I count three cops in the top photo and only one in the second photo.
The only part of this story I believe is the false alarm part. I’m fairly confident that Ahmad’s car is parked in the parking lot at West Point. I’m sure he will go back there to pick it up in a few days after this event blows over.
here’s something to ponder
They have no problem killing a 12 or 13 year old with a fake gun but somehow the guys with real guns shooting back get taken alive.
That’s a damn good point. It all seems to me that what we are looking at here is completely fake.
Do EMT/EMS use dirty pink bandages loosely tied around a “wound” by a 5 year old? I know “healthcare” in this country sucks but this is ridiculous.
BUUUUULLLLSSSSHHHHH…….