Rahami had not previously been identified as risky but his family was known to police as a result of late-night noise and crowd complaints at a family halal chicken restaurant in Elizabeth.
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And the charges are likely only the first in a series to be lodged against Rahami while state and federal prosecutors sort out what could come next in a complicated investigation involving multiple local, state and federal jurisdictions, which started Saturday with bombings in Manhattan and New Jersey.
The officer ordered Rahami to show hands, Sarnicki said, but instead, he pulled out a handgun. He was also seen lying wounded on the ground with his shirt open and an officer standing over him.
Ryan McCann, of Elizabeth, said that he often ate at the restaurant and recently began seeing Rahami working there more.
The gun-battle took place in Linden, New Jersey and a man believed to be Rahami was seen on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance.
“Mr. Rahami is now under arrest in the City of Linden”.
Rahami has so far made no statements to investigators, William Sweeney, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s NY office, said Monday. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents declined to comment when asked. He is said to live in Elizabeth where he and his family, including his father and at least one brother, live above the family business, a fried-chicken shop called First American Fried Chicken.
But now that he’s in custody, said New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill, “the investigation can focus on other aspects, such as whether this individual acted alone and what his motivations may have been”.
Nor were Afghan intelligence officials aware of either Rahami or his family, said Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, director-general of the Afghan National Directorate of Security.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as investigators gathered information, they learned there were “certain commonalities among the bombs”, leading authorities to believe “that there was a common group behind the bombs”.
“He’s always in there. It’s hard when it’s home”, McCann said.
A man suspected of being involved in the weekend bombings which injured 29 people in NY has been apprehended following a dramatic manhunt on Monday.
Anthony Trujillo, 15, said he was friends with Ahmad’s younger brother, Aziz, who is 14 or 15. Both said Monday that appeared to be changing.
United States investigators were looking on Tuesday (Sept 20) for clues to why an Afghanistan-born man might have planted bombs around the NY area over the weekend, including whether the suspect had accomplices or was radicalised overseas.
She wouldn’t provide further details, but a government official and a law enforcement official who were briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that five people in the auto were being questioned at an FBI building in Manhattan.
The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the case. “Cops are the real heroes, law enforcement are the real heroes”, said Mr Bains, who, news reports said, was being praised as a “hero”.
The pipe bomb that exploded Saturday in Seaside Park went off before a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors. It was canceled and no one was hurt. Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said the devices were found in a bag in a trash can by two men who reported seeing wires and a pipe coming out of the package.
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Caldwell reported from Washington.
