An Afghanistan-born American sought
in connection with bombings in New York City and New Jersey was taken into
custody today after a shootout, a New Jersey mayor said.
Ahmad Khan Rahami of Elizabeth, New
Jersey, was captured after firing at police officer in Linden, New Jersey,
about 20 miles outside New York, according to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.
Investigators believe more people
were involved in the New York and New Jersey bombing plots, two U.S.
officials
told Reuters.
The New York City bombing wounded
more than two dozen people in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood on Saturday
night. NYPD earlier said they also wanted to question Rahami about a blast on
that day in Seaside Park, New Jersey.
