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The FBI examined fingerprints from the undetonated 27th Street pressure cooker bomb and its attached cell phone.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> On September 19, the FBI matched the prints, as well as some pictures on the cell phone, to '''Ahmad Khan Rahami'''.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" />
The FBI examined fingerprints from the undetonated 27th Street pressure cooker bomb and its attached cell phone.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /> On September 19, the FBI matched the prints, as well as some pictures on the cell phone, to '''Ahmad Khan Rahami'''.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" />


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Rahami was born on January 23, 1988, and at the time of the bombing was 28 years old.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> He is an [[Afghan Americans|Afghan-born]] [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized U.S. citizen]].<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> Rahami came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2000.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge">Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, Mike Levine, Stephanie Wash, Michael Edison Hayden, JJ Gallagher & Emily Shapiro, [http://abcnews.go.com/US/source-suspect-wanted-nyc-area-bombing/story?id=42190675 Details Emerge About NYC Bomb Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami], ABC News (September 19, 2016).</ref> He may have as many as seven siblings.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge" /> Rahami graduated from [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] in 2008.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko">{{cite web | last=Arkin | first=William | last2=Siemaszko | first2=Corky | title=What we know about suspected terrorist Ahmad Rahami | website=NBC News | date=2016-09-19 | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny-nj-bombings/what-we-know-about-bombing-suspect-ahmad-rahami-n650556 | accessdate=2016-09-19}}</ref> He attended [[Middlesex County College]] in [[Edison, New Jersey]], from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012, majoring in [[criminal justice]]; he did not graduate.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> He was described as a generous person who would give free food from his family's [[fried chicken]] restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, when they had little money on them.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html|title=Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family’s Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|date=2016-09-19|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-19}}</ref> The restaurant, located in Elizabeth, had a history of disputes with the City of Elizabeth over operating hours, claiming that the city was discriminating against them because of their ethnicity.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami">{{cite web | last=Shoichet | first=Catherine E. | title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: What we know about the bombing suspect | website=CNN | date=2016-09-19 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-khan-rahami/index.html | accessdate=2016-09-19}}</ref> Rahami lived over the restaurant with his family.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/>
Rahami was born on January 23, 1988, and at the time of the bombing was 28 years old.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /> His father is named Mohammad, and has seven siblings.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge"/><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html]</ref> He is an [[Afghan Americans|Afghan-born]] [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized U.S. citizen]].<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" />


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In August 2014, Rahami, at that time living in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]], was charged with [[aggravated assault]] and [[unlawful possession of a weapon]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> The charges arose from allegations that Rahami had stabbed someone in the leg in a domestic incident.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> Rahami spent three months in the Union County Jail;<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> but was reported to have [[bail]]ed.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> A [[grand jury]] declined to make an indictment.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> A "high-ranking law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation" stated that Rahami had spent two additional days in jail, one in February 2012 for allegedly violating a [[restraining order]] and another in October 2008 for a failure to pay traffic tickets.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" />
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Rahami came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2000.<ref name="ABCDetailsEmerge">Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, Mike Levine, Stephanie Wash, Michael Edison Hayden, JJ Gallagher & Emily Shapiro, [http://abcnews.go.com/US/source-suspect-wanted-nyc-area-bombing/story?id=42190675 Details Emerge About NYC Bomb Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami], ABC News (September 19, 2016).</ref> Rahami graduated from [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] in 2008.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko">{{cite web | last=Arkin | first=William | last2=Siemaszko | first2=Corky | title=What we know about suspected terrorist Ahmad Rahami | website=NBC News | date=2016-09-19 | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny-nj-bombings/what-we-know-about-bombing-suspect-ahmad-rahami-n650556 | accessdate=2016-09-19}}</ref> He attended [[Middlesex County College]] in [[Edison, New Jersey]], from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012, majoring in [[criminal justice]]; he did not graduate.<ref name="WhoIsRahami" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" />


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Rahami was licensed to carry [[firearm]]s.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> He reportedly went back to Afghanistan several times (including for an extended period starting in 2012),<ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> and "showed signs of [[radicalization]]" upon his return.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> Rahami and members of his family also made several trips to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> It was "not known whether he had any links to an overseas terror organization, or whether he had been inspired by such organizations and their propaganda efforts, as others have been."<ref name="HuntforRahami" /> When the cellphone from 27th Street was examined, investigators found that Rahami had posted [[Jihadism|jihadist]] writings on various websites.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" />
At the time of the bombings, Rahami worked at a [[fried chicken]] restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, approximately 15 miles from New York City.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html|title=Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family’s Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|date=2016-09-19|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-19}}</ref> The restaurant had a history of disputes with the City of Elizabeth over operating hours, claiming that the city was discriminating against them it of the owner's race and ethnicity.<ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="WhoIsRahami">{{cite web | last=Shoichet | first=Catherine E. | title=Ahmad Khan Rahami: What we know about the bombing suspect | website=CNN | date=2016-09-19 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/ahmad-khan-rahami/index.html | accessdate=2016-09-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html]</ref> Rahami lived over the restaurant, with his family.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/>

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In August 2014, Rahami, at that time living in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]], was charged with [[aggravated assault]] and [[unlawful possession of a weapon]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> The charges arose from allegations that Rahami had stabbed someone in the leg in a domestic incident.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /> Rahami spent over three months in the [[Union County Jail]], but was reported to have [[bail]]ed.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> A [[grand jury]] declined to make an [[indictment]].<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" /><ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> A "high-ranking law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation" stated that Rahami had spent two additional days in jail, one in February 2012 for allegedly violating a [[restraining order]], and another in October 2008 for failure to pay traffic tickets.<ref name="KleinfieldFixture" />

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Rahami was licensed to carry [[firearm]]s.<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> He reportedly went back to Afghanistan several times (including for an extended period starting in 2012), and "showed signs of [[radicalization]]" upon his return.<ref name="CapturedCNN" /><ref name="HuntforRahami" /><ref name="KleinfieldFixture"/> Rahami and members of his family also made several trips to [[Pakistan]].<ref name="ArkinSiemaszko" /> It was "not known whether he had any links to an overseas terror organization, or whether he had been inspired by such organizations and their propaganda efforts, as others have been."<ref name="HuntforRahami" /> When the cellphone from West 27th Street was examined, investigators found that Rahami had posted [[Jihadism|jihadist]] writings on various websites.<ref name="Weiss Rizzi Kapp Gardiner 2016" />


===Manhunt, shootout, and arrest===
===Manhunt, shootout, and arrest===

Revision as of 20:54, 19 September 2016

2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo tour the site of the Manhattan bombing
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings is located in New Jersey
Seaside Park bombing
Seaside Park bombing
Manhattan bombing
Manhattan bombing
Elizabeth bombs
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Locations of the bombings
LocationSeaside Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Linden, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates39°55′32″N 74°04′29″W / 39.925602°N 74.074726°W / 39.925602; -74.074726 (Seaside Park)
40°44′37″N 73°59′40″W / 40.743631°N 73.994308°W / 40.743631; -73.994308 (Manhattan)
40°40′04″N 74°12′54″W / 40.667778°N 74.215°W / 40.667778; -74.215 (Elizabeth)
DateSeaside Park bombing: September 17, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
Manhattan bombing: September 17, 2016, 8:31 p.m.
Elizabeth bombing: September 19, 2016, c. 1:00 a.m.
Linden shootout: September 19, 2016, 11:23 a.m. (UTC-04:00)
Attack type
Bombing, shootout
WeaponsPressure cooker bomb, pipe bombs, tannerite explosives, handgun
Deaths0
Injured32 total:
  • 29 civilians in Manhattan
  • 2 police officers at Linden
  • 1 suspect at Linden

On September 17–18, 2016, there were three bombings in the New York metropolitan area, specifically in Seaside Park, New Jersey; Manhattan, New York; and Elizabeth, New Jersey. On September 17, at about 9:30 a.m., a pipe bomb exploded in a trash can along the route of a U.S. Marine charity run in Seaside Park, but no one was injured. Later that day, at about 8:30 p.m., a homemade pressure cooker bomb exploded on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Twenty-nine civilians were injured, 24 of whom were taken to the hospital. A second pressure cooker bomb, with wires and a cell phone attached, was discovered by authorities on West 27th Street, four blocks away. Late on September 18, multiple bombs were discovered inside a suspicious package at the Elizabeth train station. One of those bombs detonated during the police investigation, but no injuries were reported.

On September 19, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified a suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, in all of the incidents. He was captured hours later after a shootout in Linden, New Jersey, that resulted in Rahami and two police officers being injured.

Seaside Park bombing

In the morning of September 17, 2016, the Seaside Semper Five, a 5k run event, was expected to draw as many as 3,000 people, with many of them being veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The race was delayed after a suspicious backpack was noticed in vicinity of the area where the race was held.[1][2] At about 9:30 a.m., shortly before the race was supposed to start, a pipe bomb exploded in a trash can on Ocean Avenue in Seaside Park.[1][2] Three "rudimentary" pipe bombs, all reportedly timed to go off during the race, were later found, with only one of the three having exploded.[3]

The race was canceled after the explosion,[3] and the beach and boardwalk in Seaside Park were evacuated. Police officials soon went door-to-door, asking residents about information regarding the bombs or any suspicious activity they may have seen, heard, or witnessed.[4][5]

Manhattan bombing

On the same day as the Seaside Park bombing, a pressure cooker bomb filled with shrapnel, in the form of small bearings or metal BBs,[6] exploded in a crowded area on West 23rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue at 8:31 p.m.[7][1][6] The explosion occurred in front of 133 West 23rd Street,[8] from the street in the vicinity of a construction site,[9] at which materials were in place for exterior renovations of the Visions at Selis Manor facility, an apartment building for the blind, at 135 West 23rd Street.[10][11] Other nearby buildings included the Townhouse Inn of Chelsea,[11] many restaurants, and a Trader Joe's at 21st Street and 6th Avenue.[10] The Chelsea neighborhood is residential, known for its nightlife, and is not close to any significant tourist sites or government buildings.[12]

Witnesses said that the explosion "seemed to have started inside a sidewalk dumpster" in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue, and photographs of a "twisted dumpster" in the middle of West 23rd Street went viral on Twitter.[1] A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the explosion "appeared to have come from a construction toolbox" in front of a building", and photographs of the area reportedly showed a twisted, crumpled black metal box.[10]

Effects

The explosion "shattered windows in a five-story brownstone building" and sent debris onto the street.[1] Debris was also strewn in front of the St. Vincent de Paul Church.[13] The moment of the blast was captured on closed-circuit television footage from three cameras.[14]

Police officer instructs civilian, as other police and fire crews work near scene of bomb explosion

Twenty-nine civilians were injured,[8][1] 24 of whom were taken to local hospitals.[13][15] Most of the injuries were scrapes and bruises caused by flying debris and glass.[10][14] None of the injuries were life-threatening but one managed to sustain a puncture wound and was seriously hurt.[1] Nine of the injured were taken to Bellevue Hospital,[16] including the seriously injured civilian.[13] Lenox Health Greenwich Village treated another nine victims.[9] By the following morning, all of the injured had been released.[8][6]

The explosion disrupted travel in Manhattan extensively. A significant zone (14th Street to 34th Street between Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue) was closed to car travel overnight. By 7:00 a.m. the following morning, "all of the streets and avenues had been reopened, except for West 23rd Street, which remained closed between Fifth and Eighth Avenues." New York City Subway service to stations along West 23rd Street was disrupted while the investigation was ongoing.[17]

Discovery of second device

Following the explosion, officers began a block-by-block search for additional unexploded bombs.[18] Several hours later, two state troopers discovered a pressure cooker bomb, with dark wiring taped with silver duct tape attaching it to a cell phone, found inside a plastic bag.[6][18] It was also filled with small bearings or metal BBs.[6] The pressure cooker bomb was described as similar to the two pressure cooker bombs used in the Boston Marathon bombing.[1][13][15][19][20] The device was discovered near a mailbox at West 27th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, four blocks away from the site of the original blast. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) reported its find of a "possible secondary device" at 11:00 p.m.[1]

The bomb was removed by an NYPD bomb squad robot.[1][10] The robot placed the bomb in a "total containment vessel" (a spherical chamber hitched to a police truck), and the device was driven away at around 2:25 a.m. on September 18.[18] Investigators obtained fingerprints and the cell phone from the device.[21][22] The bomb was driven to the NYPD's Rodman's Neck firing range in the Bronx, where it was rendered safe[8] via a controlled explosion.[21] The devices were to be sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for further inspection.[8][9]

Elizabeth bombs

In the evening of September 18, two homeless men took a backpack atop a municipal garbage can at the Elizabeth train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[23][24][25][22] They were about 300 feet (91 m) from a busy pub's front entrance[23] and about 500 feet (150 m) from a train trestle when they took the backpack.[21] The men looked into the backpack, discovered that the item contained wires and a pipe, and contacted the Elizabeth Police Department around 8:45 p.m.[24] The pair were not held as suspects.[24][22]

The investigation was then turned over to the New Jersey State Police and the FBI, which sent in two robots which confirmed that the devices were pipe bombs.[24] One of these was accidentally detonated at around 12:30 a.m. as the robots sought to disarm the devices.[24] At about 3:00 a.m., "one robot was destroyed and [the other] had a mechanical arm blown off."[24] Authorities were working to disable the other devices.[24][26] Following the bomb's accidental explosion, the station was evacuated.[27] The surrounding area was put on lockdown,[27] and service was suspended between the Newark Airport and Elizabeth stations for the day.[25] New Jersey-bound trains from New York were also held at Penn Station.[25]

Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said that it was unclear whether the train station was a specific target, or whether the bombs were dumped by someone looking to quickly get rid of them.[24] The Elizabeth device was "similar in appearance" to the Seaside Park device.[23] Police later theorized that the bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, had thrown away the bombs in Elizabeth in an effort to hide the evidence because these bombs lacked detonators.[22]

Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Homeland Security, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) responded to the scene and were involved in the investigation, in addition to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and the NYPD, . Initially, the Seaside Park and Manhattan bombings were investigated as separate incidents, but over a period of two days, the investigation yielded similarities between the two incidents.[1][16][28]

Voice of America video report

Both of the Manhattan bombs—the one that exploded and the second that was disabled—were of the same design, using pressure cookers filled with bearings or metal BBs that were rigged with flip mobile phones and Christmas lights that set off tannerite, a commercially available explosive compound.[6] Tannerite is generally used to mark target practice shots with smoke and little explosion. Experts said a large amount of tannerite would have been needed to create an explosion such as this one, and that the explosion would have needed an accelerant or other ignitor.[29]

Motive

At a news conference at 11:15 p.m. on September 17, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the explosion was intentional, but there was no evidence of a terrorist attack at the time.[1][15] De Blasio said, "There is no specific and credible threat to New York City from any terror organization."[1] Officials left open the possibility of arson or vandalism.[30] At the same news conference, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said "exact nature and cause of this explosion has not yet been determined"[15] and there was no indication that the explosion was caused by natural gas.[31]

An official speaking to The New York Times on condition of anonymity said, "We don't understand the target or the significance of it. It's by a pile of dumpsters on a random sidewalk."[1] At a news conference the day following the explosion, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that placing a bomb in a crowded city street was intrinsically a terrorist act,[32] but said that "there is no evidence of an international terrorism connection with this incident", while noting that the investigation was still in its early stages. An explosives expert, speaking anonymously, said the materials used in the bomb indicated that the bomb-builder had some knowledge of how to assemble the explosive device.[6]

Search for possible suspect(s)

Investigators discovered surveillance video that showed the same suspect planting a bomb on 23rd Street, then walking to 27th Street dragging a duffel bag; he leaves the bag at 27th Street. Later, two individuals take the pressure cooker bomb out of the bag and leave the scene.[20][32] It was later found that the two men who had taken out the bomb were scavengers who had wanted to take the duffel bag and did not know what they had been handling; in the process, they might have deactivated that bomb. The NYPD wished to talk with these men, who were not considered as suspects.[22][33]

Late on September 18, the day after the explosion, the FBI announced that five men, who were later found to be family of Rahami, had been detained in connection with the investigation. The men were detained at about 8:45 p.m. at a traffic stop, which was being conducted by the FBI and NYPD on the Belt Parkway near the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge.[34][23][35][36][37]

Suspect

Ahmad Khan Rahami
Persian: احمد خان رهامی
Surveillance image of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was arrested following a manhunt
Born
Ahmad Khan Rahami

(1988-01-23) January 23, 1988 (age 36)
Afghanistan
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materMiddlesex County College (did not graduate)
EmployerFirst American Fried Chicken
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[38]
Capture status
Captured

The FBI examined fingerprints from the undetonated 27th Street pressure cooker bomb and its attached cell phone.[21] On September 19, the FBI matched the prints, as well as some pictures on the cell phone, to Ahmad Khan Rahami.[22][34]

Rahami was born on January 23, 1988, and at the time of the bombing was 28 years old.[22][34] He is an Afghan-born naturalized U.S. citizen.[22][34] Rahami came to the United States from Afghanistan in 2000.[40] He may have as many as seven siblings.[40] Rahami graduated from Edison High School in 2008.[41] He attended Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012, majoring in criminal justice; he did not graduate.[42][41] He was described as a generous person who would give free food from his family's fried chicken restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, when they had little money on them.[43] The restaurant, located in Elizabeth, had a history of disputes with the City of Elizabeth over operating hours, claiming that the city was discriminating against them because of their ethnicity.[34][42] Rahami lived over the restaurant with his family.[43]

In August 2014, Rahami, at that time living in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, was charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon in Union County.[41] The charges arose from allegations that Rahami had stabbed someone in the leg in a domestic incident.[43] Rahami spent three months in the Union County Jail;[43] but was reported to have bailed.[41] A grand jury declined to make an indictment.[43][41] A "high-ranking law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation" stated that Rahami had spent two additional days in jail, one in February 2012 for allegedly violating a restraining order and another in October 2008 for a failure to pay traffic tickets.[43]

Rahami was licensed to carry firearms.[41] He reportedly went back to Afghanistan several times (including for an extended period starting in 2012),[43] and "showed signs of radicalization" upon his return.[21][34][43] Rahami and members of his family also made several trips to Pakistan.[41] It was "not known whether he had any links to an overseas terror organization, or whether he had been inspired by such organizations and their propaganda efforts, as others have been."[34] When the cellphone from 27th Street was examined, investigators found that Rahami had posted jihadist writings on various websites.[22]

Manhunt, shootout, and arrest

After stopping the five men on the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, FBI agents and Elizabeth police searched Rahami's home in the early morning of September 18.[34][42] The FBI asked for public assistance in detaining Rahami for questioning in connection with the bombings in Manhattan and Seaside Park, as well as the attempted overnight bombing in Elizabeth. The agency considered him to be armed and dangerous.[34] At 7:39 a.m. on September 19, the NYPD posted a "Wanted" poster of Rahami on Twitter.[44] Seventeen minutes later, the Wireless Emergency Alert system was used to send a mass text message to the mobile phones of millions of people in New York City,[44] marking the first time New York City used the emergency alert to search for a named suspect.[45] The alert message read, "WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen."[45] Mayor de Blasio said, "Anyone who sees this individual or knows anything about him or his whereabouts needs to call it in right away."[46][44] Law enforcement also put Rahami on some terror watchlists to prevent him from leaving the United States.[21]

Authorities started searching through Rahami's house in Elizabeth.[44] The New Jersey State Police released two tweets, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:56 a.m., that stated that Rahami was wanted in connection with the Seaside Park and Elizabeth bombs.[44] At around 10:30 a.m., a Linden, New Jersey, bar owner was across the street from his bar, watching CNN, when he saw a man sleeping in the doorway of his bar. The bar owner recognized the man in his bar's doorway as Rahami from news reports and notified police.[21] When a Linden police officer awoke the man, he realized that it was Rahami.[34] Rahami disregarded the officer's order to show his hands, and instead shot the officer in the abdomen with a handgun, striking the officer's vest.[34] The officer returned fire, and Rahami fled, with police pursuing him.[34] During the shootout, Rahami was shot several times and sustained a shoulder wound.[34][21] A second police officer sustained a gunshot wound to the hand, though neither of the officers' injuries was serious.[21][47] Rahami was finally arrested shortly before noon and then transported to the hospital by ambulance.[34][21][37]

Response

A portion of Governor Cuomo's response

Governor Cuomo released a statement following the Chelsea blast, saying: "We are closely monitoring the situation and urge New Yorkers to, as always, remain calm and vigilant."[1] The day following the bombing, Cuomo and de Blasio toured the damage together.[6]

Security was boosted across New York City's five boroughs as a precautionary measure.[15] Cuomo said that while there was no ongoing threat to the city, he would deploy 1,000 National Guard and State Police to major commuter hubs in the city.[6] Security was heightened around the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which began while events were unfolding.[21]

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