Unclear. There is one report saying a box truck plowed into some pedestrians and bicyclists in Tribeca area.
Then there’s this…
NBC News: Multiple people have been shot near the West Side Highway and Chambers St. in New York City. Unclear how bad the injuries are.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 31, 2017
That would place it near the World Trade Center memorial
UPDATE 3:43 pm —
#BREAKING: 4 dead after an incident in lower Manhattan, New York.
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) October 31, 2017
NYPD Twitter says one person in custody.
UPDATE 3:56 pm —
Mainstream media starting to pick up the story. Still vague. Some reports suggest driver of truck may have been ramming AND shooting.
UPDATE 4:02 pm — New York Post:
At least two people were fatally shot in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon by a gunman firing from his truck, police sources said.
The gunman, who is in police custody, shot at least six people at West Street and Chambers Street, which is near Stuyvesant High School, at 3:15 p.m.
“What happened was there was a car crash… he came out of one of the cars. He had two guns. He was running around Chambers and somebody started to chase him,” said a 14-year-old Stuyvesant student. “I heard four to six gunshots – everybody starts running.”
Video of the scene shows at least two people lying limp in the street. Photos show a smashed up Home Depot rental truck.
That is the Home Depot rental. AP is reporting that it drove down the bike path, hitting riders and pedestrians, then crashed.
Other reports:
Jesus! A car just ran over 2 people and then crashed into a school bus. I see two dead bodies and citibikes on the floor destroyed.
— Moe (@Moe_NYC) October 31, 2017
SOURCES: man driving box truck hits multiple people while going wrong way in bike lane near West & Chambers St. He crashes & exits w/ what is believed to be BB gun. He was shot by police & is in custody.
— Marc Santia (@MarcSantia4NY) October 31, 2017
#BREAKING: FBI are also responding to the scene in Lower Manhattan.
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) October 31, 2017
UPDATE — 4:20 pm —
Some reports say six dead. However, only two are confirmed dead.
Another report suggests this might have been a road rage incident, rather than terrorism.
UPDATE: 4:30 pm —
#BREAKING: Fox News are reporting that the driver exited the vehicle shouting “Allah Akbar”
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) October 31, 2017
Being Fox News, I take that with a grain of salt.
Sources tell @NBCNews @Tom_Winter crash in NYC was an intentional act and potential terrorist incident. 6 dead. 15 hurt. Suspect in custody.
— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) October 31, 2017
#BREAKING: Here is the latest update on the situation in Lower Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/CRndmU1Cou
— BreakingNNow (@BreakingNNow) October 31, 2017
UPDATE: 4:43 pm —
Official death toll at 6 now.
NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement official: 6 people dead, 15 hurt after vehicle drives onto bike path near World Trade Center site.
— Eric Tucker (@etuckerAP) October 31, 2017
FBI is taking over the case, so that would suggest this is being treated as a terrorist incident for now.
BREAKING: Law enforcement official: 6 people dead, 9 hurt as vehicle drives onto bike path in lower Manhattan. (Corrects number of injured)
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2017
UPDATE: 5:35pm —
Driver entered bike path at 3:10 PM.
Suspect is 29 years old. This is being treated as a terrorist attack. At least eight are confirmed dead. The suspect had a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
Incredibly, the New York Halloween Parade, which is only blocks away from the incident, and starting at 7:30pm, is going to go forward on what many will see as an act of defiance. There will, of course, be heavily police presence and sand trucks.
Suspect is Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, from Tampa Florida, who came to the US in 2010 from Uzbeckistan. It is thought he had the fake guns because he wanted the police to shoot him and kill him (this getting martyrdom).
LATE UPDATE —
Final toll is 8 dead, 11 injured. Five of the dead were tourists from Argentina celebrating a 30th high school reunion.
Another of the dead was a mother of two children from Belgium. She was on a city trip with her two sisters and her mother, who were unharmed.
Saipov appears to be an “ISIS-inspired” lone wolf.
Trump, ever the coward, politicizes it the following morning, by blaming prominent Democrat:
Trump, of course, didn’t know what he was talking about in asking for getting rid of the Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Republican Jeff Flake responded:
