Probe of Jersey City shooting leads FBI to arrest pawnshop owner on weapons charge

The FBI on Saturday arrested a pawnshop owner on a weapons charge after investigators said they found a note with his phone number and business address on one of the shooters in the deadly attack at a kosher market in Jersey City last week.

Searches of Ahmed A-Hady’s home and store in Keyport, N.J., turned up a cache of ammunition and guns, including three “AR-15-style assault rifles” similar to one of the weapons used in the attack, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.

Officials did not definitively link A-Hady to the shooting but said the searches were “connected to one of the perpetrators.”

The 35-year-old was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was slated to appear before a judge in Newark on Monday. Attorney information for A-Hady was not immediately available.