Authorities arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami on Monday in connection with the bombing that took place in Chelsea district in New York City.

29 people were injured in the blast.

Rahami was arrested after a shootout with police this morning.

Rahami shot a police officer in the abdomen during his arrest.

The officer was wearing a bullet-proof vest that saved him.

Ramai worked at his family’s chicken restaurant called “First American Chicken.”

He traveled to Afghanistan several years ago and was radicalized.

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He must have saved his pennies to fly back to the war zone to see friends and family(?)

The New York Times reported: