If he was of no importance whatsoever, why was there a small army dedicated to his capture?

It's very clear to me that they very much wanted him alive and I'm not too privy on the idea that 30 minutes after they told the public they can leave their homes that he was caught just happened to be a happy coincidence. The FBI is very good at what they do and that involved finding and capturing people. If he was going to kill more people, he would have done so and taken a family hostage or something. He chose to hide. The FBI needed more eyes looking for him so they let the citizens out of their houses and sure enough, they found him.