'Act of terror': At least 8 dead in New York City after truck driver plows into crowd

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October 31, 2017 7:51 PM

At least eight people were killed in New York City when a driver drove a truck down a bike lane, hitting several cyclists and pedestrians.

A terror attack in New York City left eight people dead on Tuesday after a driver plowed a truck down a bike lane, hitting cyclists and pedestrians.
New York police arrested one suspect and said the threat is over.
Officials are investigating the incident as a terrorist attack.

At least eight people were killed in New York City on Tuesday after a man rammed a pickup truck into cyclists and pedestrians on a busy Manhattan bike lane, collided with a school bus, and jumped out brandishing fake guns, police said. They described the incident as an act of terror.

The suspect was arrested after being shot by a uniformed officer shortly after the crash. Authorities said the man acted alone and there was no longer an active threat as of Tuesday afternoon.

The attack began around 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, when the suspect drove a rented Home Depot pickup truck down the West Side Highway bicycle path, entering at Houston Street, New York Police Department commissioner James O'Neill said at a press conference.

Media outlets reported that the driver of the vehicle drove into the bike lane for more than 10 blocks in the wrong direction, hitting cyclists and pedestrians along the way.

The vehicle continued south and struck the school bus at Chambers Street, injuring two adults and two children, O'Neill said. The driver then exited the vehicle brandishing "imitation firearms" that were later revealed to be a pellet gun and a paintball gun, and was shot in the abdomen by a cop.

"This is a tragedy of the greatest magnitude," O'Neill said.

Shortly after the incident, social media began flooding with photos and unconfirmed accounts from the scene.

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President Donald Trump has also been briefed, the White House said. At 5:30 p.m., the president tweeted, "In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!"

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