Footage of suspect in New York's Times Square car bomb scare caught on video

NEW YORK - NYPD reported that a suspect in Saturday night's Times Square bomb scare has been singled out from recordings by on-site cameras. A spokesperson for the police said, "we have obtained some clear images of the suspect abandoning the vehicle and fleeing the scene."

Although it was initially reported that smoke rising from the vehicle had tipped off police a number of eyewitnesses have since rebuked this claim.  Oscar Fuentes, a Brooklyn convenience store owner, had just exited one of the theatres with his wife when, he said, "there was this flash and...I know it sounds weird, but the guy jumped out, waving his arms around and when he ran off I saw the smoke and that his pants were on fire."

Police are asking that anyone who saw the suspect running from the area with smoke trailing behind to please contact them immediately.  No link has been found to connect this event with "Umar-pants", the failed Detroit suicide bomber of December 2009, but police have stated that, "we are working with Homeland Security to investigate any potential affiliation between Umar and our suspect in order to get to the bottom of this incident as soon as possible."