Abel Andrew was on his way to work Monday morning when he inadvertently witnessed the takedown of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old suspect wanted in connection with the bombings that rocked New York and New Jersey over the weekend.
鈥淚鈥檓 literally about 500 feet away from where my job is and I had to pull over because there are about 20 cop cars just flying past us,鈥� Andrew told 麻豆影视 Channel from Linden, N.J.
Unable to cross the street, Andrew got out of his car and rounded a corner.
鈥淚 just walked over there because there was no tape or nothing holding us back from going.鈥�
Andrew immediately saw Rahami writhing on the ground.
鈥淚t looks like the guy was trying to get up鈥� and he just looked dazed. And he was out -- he was already shot -- and he was looking to his right, looking to his left 鈥� That鈥檚 when the police told everybody they had to get back. 鈥�
Like many in the area, Andrew had already seen photos of Rahami in the media.
鈥淎s he looked towards us鈥� we said, 鈥極h, snap! Wait a minute. This is the guy! The suspect they were looking for!鈥�
Ten to 15 minutes later, Andrew says an ambulance arrived. He posted a video of Rahami being loaded onto the vehicle on Instagram.
鈥淚t鈥檚 real quiet,鈥� Andrew said of the neighbourhood where the drama unfolded. 鈥淵ou really don鈥檛 see stuff like this happen at all鈥� I live fairly close. So it鈥檚 like, wow -- that literally happened down the street. I could have literally walked down the street and got shot by a stray bullet.鈥�
