The man who the police said sowed terror across two states, setting off bombs in Manhattan and on the Jersey Shore and touching off a furious manhunt, was tracked down on Monday morning sleeping in the dank doorway of a neighborhood bar and taken into custody after being wounded in a gun battle with officers.

The frenzied end came on a rain-soaked street in Linden, N.J., four hours after the police issued an unprecedented cellphone alert to millions of people in the area telling them to be on the lookout for Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, who was described as “armed and dangerous.”

Even as the remarkably swift arrest eased fears across the region, investigators were still in the earliest stages of trying to determine what provoked the attacks, why a street in Chelsea was one of the targets and whether the bomber was aided by others. While investigators have been focused on Mr. Rahami’s actions immediately before and after the bombings, they were also working on Monday to trace his activities and travel in both recent months and years.

One law enforcement official said that the bomb technicians involved in the investigation believed that Mr. Rahami constructed all the devices and that his handiwork raised the possibility that he had received training from someone with experience building improvised explosive devices.</s>(CNN) Just under four hours. That's how long it took authorities to apprehend bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami after he was publicly identified by the New York Police Department on Monday.

It was a whirlwind mission that started with a mugshot and ended in a shootout on the streets of Linden, New Jersey. Here's a breakdown of those four hours:

The New York Police Department tweets a mugshot of Ahmad Khan Rahami and states he is wanted in connection to Saturday night's explosion in New York.

A search in Elizabeth, New Jersey is underway, and Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage tells CNN it is "definitely related to the Chelsea incident."

The New Jersey State Police says they believe Rahami is also connected to the pipe bombs found near an Elizabeth train station.

First reports that Rahami is in custody begin to surface. His capture is confirmed minutes later. Rahami was captured during a shootout with law enforcement in Linden, New Jersey. A witness told CNN Rahami looked "dazed" and was "down and out."

Rahami was seen on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance.</s>Federal prosecutors have charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting a series of bombs in New York and New Jersey, including one that injured 31 people when it blew up on a busy street.

The criminal complaint was unsealed Tuesday at a federal court in Manhattan.

Rahami was captured Monday after being wounded in a gunfight with police in Linden, New Jersey.

He remains hospitalized. Rahami is already facing state charges in connection with the shootout.

Investigators say Rahami planted two bombs in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night. One didn't go off.

Another bomb exploded harmlessly in a New Jersey seaside town earlier the same day.

The complaint also accuses him of leaving another set of explosives in a trash bin by a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey.</s>POLICE have arrested the man suspected of carrying out the weekend bombings in New York that injured 29 people after a shoot-out in nearby New Jersey.

Cops had earlier released the name of an Afghanistan-born American citizen, Ahmad Khan Rahami, who they wanted to question in connection with an explosion in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the Saturday bombing in New York.

Rahami was cornered by local police and federal agents in Linden, New Jersey. He was discovered asleep in the doorway of a bar.

TV footage later showed the 28-year-old being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher after being shot by cops.

Linden mayor Derek Armstead said that the owner of a bar reported someone asleep in the doorway of his business. A police officer went to investigate and recognised the man as Rahami.

The suspect, a New Jersey resident, was shot by police before being taken into custody.

Two police officers were also hit during the shoot-out. One was shot in his bullet-proof vest and was uninjured and the other cop was hit in the hand.

The explosion in Elizabeth occurred in the early hours of Monday morning. It appears that a device detonated as a police robot was attempting to defuse it and cut a wire.

The device was one of five discovered late Sunday night in a backpack stashed in a trashcan near the railway station. "That was not a controlled explosion," Elizabeth mayor Christian Bollwage told local media. The FBI confirmed the discovery of devices and the explosion.

The incident followed an explosion Saturday in New York's Chelsea district that injured 29 people and the discovery of a second device nearby.

Three pipe bomb devices were also found later in another part of New Jersey.

The devices in Elizabeth were discovered by two men scavenging for valuables in the bin. When they saw wires and pipes they left the bag and walked to a police station to report it, according to Bollwage.
• Police in America release picture of Ahmad Rahami who is wanted in connection with explosion in New York

Police described the explosion on Saturday in New York and a stabbing attack in Minnesota on Saturday that injured nine people as acts of terrorism.

Rahami was identified on surveillance video planting both the bomb that exploded in a trash can in Chelsea and the second device that didn't detonate only four blocks away.

The FBI described him as a naturalized United States citizen who was born in Afghanistan and had been living with his family in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The FBI raided his Elizabeth home this morning.

Police also said that they were unlikely to have been organized by an international group, despite a claim by Islamic State that it was responsible for the stabbings in a Minnesota shopping mall.

President Barack Obama said investigators are focusing on a "person of interest" in the New York and New Jersey bombings but see no connection to the stabbings in Minnesota.
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Obama said America is "extremely fortunate" nobody was killed in the bombings.

He said he has spoken to the governors of New Jersey and New York and pledged all needed federal assistance.
• ISIS claim responsibility for Minnesota shopping centre rampage that injured eight</s>New York bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami has been captured after a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey.

The 28-year-old fugitive was captured after a barman reported him to the police.

He was wanted in connection with bombings in Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Chelsea district of Manhattan.

Two police officers and the suspect suffered gunshot injuries during the arrest.

Two officers were reported injured by gunfire, after they responded to a call in Linden, a city just south of Elizabeth.

The owner of a local bar spotted a man sleeping in his doorway and alerted the police, Linden Mayor Derek Armstead told NBC News. As officers approached the man, he opened fire and tried to escape.

Sources told NBC News the suspect was identified as Rahami, a 28-year-old Elizabeth, NJ resident suspected in a series of explosions in New Jersey and New York over the weekend.

Rahami was reported “alive but injured“. His injuries were not life-threatening, law enforcement officials told local media, who showed images of Rahami being loaded into an ambulance.

“We are very fortunate the suspect was apprehended,” the newly appointed New York police commissioner James O’Neill told reporters at a press conference Monday, adding that NYPD is very vigilant about terrorism because “we are the number one target in the world.“

While the authorities were looking into possible accomplices, the FBI said there was “no indication” a terror cell was operating in New York.

Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage confirmed Rahami’s arrest and clarified that two officers were actually shot during the encounter, one in the chest and another in the hand.

Officers also found a “suspicious package.” The bomb squad and explosive-sniffing dogs have been called in.

Police identified the Afghanistan-born Rahami on Monday as a person of interest in the series of bombing incidents over the weekend in New Jersey and New York City.

One improvised explosive device detonated just minutes before a US Marine Corps charity race on Saturday, in Seaside Park. Another bomb, also located in a trash bin, went off in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, injuring 29 people. An unexploded pressure-cooker bomb was found several blocks away. A fourth device detonated at the Elizabeth, New Jersey train station as police were trying to disarm it.

Rahami was identified as a person of interest based on the fingerprint on the unexploded pressure-cooker, Bloomberg reported. For the first time ever, the authorities sent out a mobile alert to the general public with the description of Rahami and his vehicle.

On Monday, Federal agents searched Rahami’s apartment in Elizabeth, located above the First American Fried Chicken restaurant that is owned by his family. According to multiple reports, surveillance led the FBI to stop the car with Rahami’s relatives on Sunday night, while on their way to New York’s JFK airport. They were detained for questioning, but not arrested.

“No one in that car is under arrest,” the FBI clarified at a press conference on Monday afternoon. Speaking to the press, Special Agent William Sweeney would not disclose what sort of surveillance tools the Bureau used, but called them “fabulous.”

After the description of Rahami’s car was made public, one report placed it at West Point, some 50 miles north of New York City, prompting a brief lockdown of the US Military Academy. It turned out to be a false alarm.</s>Two days after explosions in New York and New Jersey, investigators in both cases say they want to talk with one man: Ahmad Khan Rahami.

Soon, they could have a chance.

Rahami is in custody after a shootout Monday morning with police in Linden, New Jersey, sources said.

Authorities haven't publicly detailed why they believe he's connected to the bombings.

Here's what we know so far about Rahami:
• According to multiple officials, investigators want to question Rahami because they believe he's the man seen on surveillance video dragging a duffel bag near the site of the New York explosion, and the location where police eventually found a suspicious device four blocks away. This image apparently taken from surveillance footage shows Rahami, says New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn.
• The 28-year-old was born in Afghanistan and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, according to the FBI.
• His last known address was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the FBI says. That's the same city where a backpack with multiple bombs inside was found Sunday night , but so far authorities haven't publicly said whether they believe Rahami has any connection to those explosives. Sources say they believe Rahami also is connected to those bombs.
• Authorities had warned earlier Monday that Rahami should be considered armed and dangerous.</s>(CNN) After bombings in New York and New Jersey, investigators say they want to talk with one man: Ahmad Khan Rahami.

Soon, they could have the chance.

Police captured Rahami after a shootout with the bombing suspect in Linden, New Jersey, on Monday morning.

Authorities haven't publicly detailed how they believe he's connected to the bombings. But they've said they're not looking for any other suspects.

"Now that we have this suspect in custody, the investigation can focus on other aspects," New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill said, "such as whether this individual acted alone, and what his motivations may have been."

Here's what we've learned so far about Rahami:

What's his alleged connection to the bombings?
• Investigators "directly linked" Rahami to devices from New York and from Saturday's explosion in New Jersey, FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney said Monday. He declined to provide details about the evidence, citing the ongoing investigation.
• According to multiple officials, investigators also believe Rahami is the man seen on surveillance video dragging a duffel bag near the site of the New York explosion, and the location where police eventually found a suspicious pressure cooker four blocks away.
• Rahami's last known address was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the FBI says. That's the same city where a backpack with multiple bombs inside was found Sunday night , but so far authorities haven't publicly said whether they believe Rahami is linked to those explosives. Sources say they believe he is.
• The 28-year-old was born in Afghanistan and is a naturalized US citizen, according to the FBI.
• He traveled to Afghanistan multiple times in the past, according to law enforcement sources. He was questioned every time he returned to the United States, as is standard procedure, but was not on the radar for possible radicalization, one official said. Another official said Rahami traveled overseas a good bit, also visiting countries not in the Middle East.
• He majored in criminal justice at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, school spokesman Tom Peterson said. Rahami attended the college from 2010-2012 but did not graduate.
• Rahami's family lives above First American Fried Chicken in Elizabeth, the city's mayor says. The family has a history of clashes with the community over the restaurant, which used to be open 24 hours a day, Mayor Chris Bollwage said. Investigators searched the building Monday, Bollwage said.
• The Rahami family alleged discrimination and harassment in a lawsuit filed against the city and its police department in 2011, arguing that officials conspired against them by subjecting them to citations for allegedly violating a city ordinance on hours of operation. The suit alleged that police officers and city representatives had said "the restaurant presented a danger to the community." It also accused a neighboring business owner of saying, "Muslims make too much trouble in this country" and "Muslims don't belong here." The defendants, including police officers and city officials, denied the allegations.

"I would like people to respect my family's privacy and let us have our peace after this tragic time," wrote Zobyedh Rahami, who's believed to be Ahmad Rahami's sister.

How did authorities find him?
• Investigators first identified Rahami Sunday afternoon through a fingerprint, according to a senior law enforcement official. A cell phone connected to the pressure cooker also provided some clues, the official said.</s>Suspected Bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, has been arrested and taken into custody in Linden, New Jersey, police say. The picture shows a man on the ground with his shirt riding up above his waist with cops surrounding him and his arms restrained by his back.

The suspect who is originally from Afghanistan lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with his dad and two brothers above a restaurant. He reportedly opened fire on police as they approached his vehicle.

Rahami sustained gunshot wound in the right shoulder and was taken from the scene in an ambulance. Two officers have reportedly been injured in the shootout with Rahami.</s>Federal authorities have filed charges against the man suspected in the series of executed and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, faces four charges, including use of weapons of mass destruction, bombing a place of public use, destruction of property by means of fire or explosive, and use of a destructive device during and in furtherance of a crime of violence.

The charges were filed late Tuesday in a federal court in Manhattan.

Rahami was apprehended Monday afternoon following a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, two days after a bomb went off and injured 29 people in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood.

Court documents layout a timeline of incidents, beginning at 9.35 am in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and expanding to the Chelsea explosion, and the device found Monday morning at an Elizabeth train station.

Rahami also faces attempted charges in connection to his shootout with police.

The federal charges come after Rahami's father, Mohammad Rahami, told the press about his 2014 suspicions about his son.

“Two years ago I go to the FBI because my son was doing really bad, O.K.?” Mr Rahami said. “But they check almost two months, they say, ‘He’s OK, he’s clean, he’s not a terrorist.’ I say 'OK'."

"Now they say he is a terrorist," he added. "I say 'OK'.”</s>Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect wanted in connection with the Manhattan bombing, has been arrested in Linden, New Jersey, according to police sources.
Linden, New Jersey police shoot and arrest Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspected perpetrator. Two police officers are reportedly injured.