New Jersey, New York bomb suspect pleads not guilty in police shootings

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Law inforcement officers secure the area where they allegedly arrested bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami following a shootout in Linden, N.J, on September 19.

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FBI and other law enforcement officials on Monday investigate a residence in Elizabeth, N.J., in connection to the Saturday bombings in New York and New Jersey.

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A member of the NYPD stands guard in New York City’s Herald Square. Following Saturday night’s explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised a “substantial” police presence throughout the week.

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People watch as officials gather evidence at an apartment building in Elizabeth, N.J. Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan who has lived in the building, is wanted for questioning in the weekend bomb attacks.

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A member of the NYPD K-9 Unit patrols on a subway train between Grand Central Terminal and Times Square in Manhattan.

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FBI agents on Sunday work a crime scene scattered with debris after a bombing the night before on 23rd Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tour the site of the explosion.

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A fire truck is at the scene of the explosion on West 23rd Street in Chelsea on Saturday night.

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Members of the FBI search for evidence as police, firefighters and emergency workers gather at the scene of an explosion in Manhattan on on Saturday night.

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Police and firefighters work at the site of the bombing in Manhattan on Saturday. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

By Associated Press

Oct. 13, 2016 11:50 AM PT

Reporting from ELIZABETH, N.J. — A man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York has made his first court appearance on charges he tried to fatally shoot police officers trying to capture him.

Ahmad Khan Rahimi’s attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf to charges of attempted murder of police. Rahimi appeared via video from his hospital bed in Newark, N.J.

Rahimi, an Afghan-born U.S. citizen, has been hospitalized with gunshot wounds since a police shootout that led to his capture on Sept. 19 outside a bar in Linden.

Rahimi is accused of detonating a pipe bomb in Elizabeth, a New Jersey shore town, and a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on Sept. 17, injuring 31 people.

A video stream of Rahimi was shown in the courtroom in Elizabeth. Rahimi’s head was propped up on pillows. A public defender stood next to him wearing a disposable hospital gown and plastic gloves.

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