An Islamic terrorist already serving a life
prison term for a bombing in
New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with
police three years ago.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi , a U.S. citizen who was born in
Afghanistan but grew up in New Jersey, sat quietly during the reading of the verdicts Tuesday.
Among the spectators in the gallery was Angel Padilla, the Linden police officer who was the first to encounter Rahimi as he slept in a doorway in September 2016, two days after a
bomb exploded in New York.