The state is pursuing charges against the man who has already been convicted of the Chelsea bombings, seeking justice for the cops who he allegedly fired at before being brought into custody. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.
What to Know
- Jurors have started deliberating in the attempted murder trial of a man already convicted of planting bombs in New York City
- The eight woman and four men heard closing arguments Thursday in the trial of Ahmad Khan Rahimi
- Rahimi is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted him last year of setting off a pressure cooker device, injuring 30 in Chelsea
Jurors have started deliberating in the attempted murder trial of a man already convicted of planting bombs in New York City.
The eight woman and four men heard closing arguments Thursday in the trial of Ahmad Khan Rahimi. The Afghanistan-born naturalized U.S. citizen faces charges stemming from a shootout with police officers before his 2016 arrest, which occurred after a two-day manhunt.
Rahimi's attorney argued his client acted in self-defense.
Rahimi is serving a life sentence after a jury convicted him last year of setting off a pressure cooker device, injuring 30 people. A second bomb a few blocks away failed to go off.
The government contends Rahimi set a small pipe bomb along a Marine Corps road race in Seaside Park, New Jersey hours before the explosion in Chelsea on Sept. 17, 2016.
