The suspect in the weekend bombings in New York City and New Jersey was arrested Monday morning after a dramatic shootout in New Jersey that left him and two police officers wounded.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was taken into custody after being shot in the gun battle in Linden, New Jersey, around 11 a.m.
One officer was shot in the vest and the other was hit in the hand.
Rahami is believed to the tied to Saturday night's bombing in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood in which 29 people were injured. Police found a second explosive device four blocks away, but it did not detonate.
Investigators believe more people were involved in the New York and New Jersey bombing incidents, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
The arrest came shortly after FBI agents swarmed an apartment above First American Fried Chicken, a fast-food restaurant in Elizabeth owned by Rahami's father and where some of his brothers work.
Officer Angel Padilla then discovered the suspect sleeping in a nearby bar and woke him up, Linden Mayor Derek Armstead told reporters.
"Our police officer noticed almost immediately that this was the suspect that was being wanted for the bombings. At that point was he was immediately shot and officers returned fire and this individual proceeded to go westward.
"He began firing at other vehicles and he did strike another police officer and that officer was injured. He was shooting indiscriminately. I'm not sure what he was hope to go accomplish.
"There were several rounds fired and again we are just thankful that no one was seriously injured. None of our police officers or citizens here in town."
Armstead said the bar owner "had no idea" who the suspect was.
"He thought it was vagrant who was sleeping in establishment," said Armstead, adding as "a complete stranger to us — totally off the radar."
"As more and more individuals who engage in this type of behavior, most of them are just totally off the radar, but again, if you see something, say something. It should be the order of the day for all of our citizens, if you see anything or suspect anything, the best thing to do to let somebody know."
Earlier, police discovered five pipe bombs near an Elizabeth train station. They blew up one and disarmed the others.
All of the bombs were said to be filled with shrapnel and designed for maximum casualties.
Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said Rahami's father and two brothers have a history with the city — having filed suit against it after an ordinance was passed requiring the restaurant to close early because of noise complaints from neighbors.
Ryan McCann told The New York Times he often ate at the restaurant and recently began seeing Rahami working there more.
"He's always in there. He's a very friendly guy, that's what's so scary. It's hard when it's home," McCann said.
Meanwhile, New Jersey State Police also suspect Rahami of a bombing earlier Saturday in Seaside Park, the New York Daily News reports. Rahami is a naturalized U.S citizen who was born in Afghanistan, the FBI told The News.
Earlier, police discovered five pipe bombs near an Elizabeth train station. They blew up one and disarmed the others.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told CNN the possibility of an international connection to the explosions looms.
"I would not be surprised if we did have a foreign connection to the act," Cuomo said on CNN.
"You set off two bombs in New York City, that's terrorism. That's generic terrorism. The question becomes, is it foreign-related?"
He said additional New York State Police officers and National Guard troops are being stationed at bus terminals, airports and subway stations, "just to err on the side of caution."
"I want New Yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on Monday that New York is up and running and we're doing everything that we need to do," Cuomo said.
The Times reported that Rahami, 28, was identified on surveillance video planting the bombs in Chelsea, just south of Midtown on the west side of Manhattan.
A law enforcement source told the newspaper that police had "conclusive evidence" that Rahami was also to the bombing that took place earlier Saturday on the Jersey Shore, ahead of a charity race for Marines and sailors.
Authorities were also able to identify the suspect with the help of a cell phone left behind with a pressure cooker on West 27th Street — four blocks from the West 23rd Street blast, a source told ABC News.
That device was said to be similar to the bomb that exploded at the Boston Marathon in April
The suspect was captured three hours after an alert was sent out across the metropolitan area that police were seeking Rahami in a connection with the Chelsea bombing and thousands of cops in both New York and New Jersey joined in an intensive manhunt.