NYPD Issues Emergency Alert to Phones Seeking Man for Questioning in Chelsea Bombing

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NYPD Issues Emergency Alert to Phones Seeking Man for Questioning in Chelsea Bombing

The NYPD has issued an emergency alert to mobile phones in the New York City area seeking a person in connection with the bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night. 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami is being sought for questioning.

Emergency alert issued on phones in New York City: pic.twitter.com/0Ehwxq0nPf

— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) September 19, 2016

Also, five people were taken into custody and questioned last night in connection with the bombing, the AP reports:

Agents stopped “a vehicle of interest in the investigation” at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, according to FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langmesser

She wouldn’t provide further details, but a government official and a law enforcement official who were briefed on the investigation said five people in the car were being questioned at an FBI building in lower Manhattan.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the ongoing investigation.

Developing…

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