By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Ahmad Khan Rahami, who is suspected of being involved in the bombing incidents over the weekend in New York and New Jersey, was arrested after being shot multiple times and wounded in a shootout with police in Linden, N.J. on Monday, ABC News and the New York Times report.
The confrontation happened about 10:30 a.m. after an owner of a bar in Linden reported that someone was sleeping in a hallway of his establishment, ABC News reports.
“One of our police officers went to investigate and to wake him up, and realized that he was [Rahami], the suspect that had been being sought in the bombings,” the mayor told WABC. “He realized it was the suspect and, within moments, the suspect fired on him. And thank God that he had his vest on. And I think that was very helpful for him. I think that saved his life.”
The New York Times reports that Capt. James Sarnicki of the Linden Police Department told reporters “the officer returned fire” and Rahami fled, “indiscriminately firing his weapons at passing vehicles.”
Other officers joined the chase, and Rahami was shot multiple times. At least one other officer was injured during the confrontation.
