The ground as they awaited medical services. The episode was a rainsoaked street in new jersey. This is New York Times after Police Issued a cell phone alert to millions of residents telling them to be on the lookout for this guy who was described as armed and daishes and sure enough a semiautomatic weapons registered. We have no idea, its too early and we do know that he engaged in authorities. Authorities see him and raises his head as had been describe today us and, again, these pictures exclusive to wabc, channel 7 Eyewitness News in new york city, on scene, Network Affiliate got the pictures and shared them with us and always our friends we are grateful. Photos from the scene that i showed you show this man lying on the sidewalk, handcuffs were already behind him, you saw his shirt pulled up there and exposing wound to what appears on his right shoulder. That blood could have come from some where else. This is from the reporting of the New York Times, you remember that the authori
Time. You know, stephanie, this has all been very compressed, how rapidly they identified him as the suspect. Now its going to take a harder time because its going to be a lot of interviews and looking at social media. The other question is, what caused him to become radicalized . Why did he do this . And thats partly going to be social media and contacts, partly also going to be looking at his overseas travel. Hes from afghanistan. He was born there. He went back there many times. While he was there, he also visited pakistan. He got married there. So they want to know whether he had any contact. He was the family was from an area which is also an area where theres a strong taliban influence. So did that play some role in his radicalization . All open questions at this point. Lt, thanks, piete. I want to stay on the foreign travel and the significance of it. Lets brying in shawn henry, former assistant director of the fbi. As pete told us, we know rahami traveled to pakistan and afghan
Just obtained of that gun battle. [ gunshots ] [ bleep ] when the shooting ended, so did a very tense three days. However, the questions about the crimes, the alleged terrorist, his travels including were learning to pakistan and afghanistan, potentially wider ties, well, those questions are just beginning. As for the security concerns, theyre growing especially with the u. N. In session and hundreds of World Leaders coming to this city. And theres the political fallout. Just 50 days until americans pick a new president , is there are spreading. A lot to cover. Cnns john sciutto on the timeline. Drew griffin. Cnns evan perez on the explosives, themselves, what they can tell us. We will not be dwelling on the suspects names because of his connections and motivations may be relevant, were not making a point of withholding them, either, as we do in other cases like this. With that, the very latest including the charges from cnns jim sciutto who joins us now. What do we know about the susp
Recognized the person was there and thought it was suspicious. He didnt think it was the suspect according to the mayor. But realized it was someone who needed to go. The Police Showed up. Officer padila. Angel padilla looked and saw and conferred with his mobile device and said wow, that looks like the suspect. I may be on top of the suspect and no doubt called into dispatch to report in. May have mentioned such a thing. We usually get the dispatch reporting in. He recognized this is the guy or might be the guy. And got behind his own vehicle and cruiser and engaged the man. As it is described to us. Raised his head and realized there was a cop and began at some point firing and exchanged fire with the Police Officer and ended up in a water puddle and but not immediately. You can see him on the ground. The initial shootout described to us with the authority and with officer Angel Padillia and the initial shooting happened, but it didnt take him down. He got up from the door, and he be
Area of manhattan sending 29 to the hospital. And police found another bomb not far from there packed with ball bearings made to maim and kill. Sunday night, five bombs found near the suspects home and one goes off as a police robot tries to disarm. And then this morning, the suspect is caught, captured and wounded. Today, Ahmad Khan Rahami is under arrest and facing a string of very serious charges. In just a few minutes, an exclusive interview you wont want to miss, with man many would call a hero. He saw the alleged bomber, made the call that led to his capture. First, our cnns pamela brown and evan perez are working their sources and all the angles, including a handwritten note, found with the unexploded Pressure Cooker bomb here in new york. Lets start with pamela brown. The suspect traveled to afghanistan and pakistan in recent years. How much do we know about those trips . So right now, anderson, investigators are scrutinizing his travels overseas, to see if he may have been rad