That is a very good question. Really, if the homeowner hadn't searched his own backyard, the guy might not have been located. Apparently the LEOs didn't do even a cursory walk through search of the area. Yet they had nearly unlimited resources present, and certainly could have walked through Franklin street yards. A quick look at Google or Bing aerial data indicates that the area where terrorist #2 was found was close to the firefight, accessible by someone on foot, and a good hiding area.
Also, if he was really bleeding as much as has been reported, then it is surprising the LEO guys couldn't track him, particularly with canine teams.
Amid all the congratulations and back patting somebody should stand up and say that the terrorist was really captured because a civilian went out and searched his own yard. A great example of how security comes more from alert and prepared civilians than it ever does from the government.
Why did it take so long?
/////////////
Because Americans have been educated to give up their own independence and courage....”You didn’t build that”....and have been taught that guns are bad and Life is sacred..(unless its an innocent baby).
Years ago the men in the neighorhoods would have gotten their guns and searched their property and blocks and streets and found this muslim terrorists before the first tweet/youtube/facebook comment was out. You would have had ONE MILLION MEN LOOKING FOR THE TERRORIST....INSTEAD....YOU HAD 5 MILLION AMERICANS HIDING FROM TWO SCUMBAGS....THOUSAND OF POLICE RUNNING AROUND ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING! ......IF IT WASN’T FOR AN ORDINARY CITIZEN, ONE SINGLE ORDINARY UNPAID CITIZEN.....THE TERRORIST WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND!