That's why they piled on him and went for the head shots so he wouldn't even get twitch time in. To smother the possible explosion from those around and disable him (they thought), from detonating.
When I first heard the reports, I thought something was funny because there were a lot of versions. Rule of warfare, ignore the first three reports.
I heard wires were hanging out (thought Walkman, but they should know the difference), coat (anemic, heroin addict?), padded coat (uh-oh), running (here in NY, you don't want to do that...trust me, some have...not here to talk about it), train station (nope, smells like suicide),
surveillance of buildings (ok, it could have been someone else), expired visa (no good, not at all) and the family, they way they came out at the beginning was strange...grieving of course, angry but the choice of words messed me up somehow, for an illegal and that close to the death the statements rubbed me wrong.
I’m don’t think the status of his visa, if it was indeed out of date, is relevant other than being a reason he might run if challenged. The cops didn’t know who he was, let alone the status of his visa.