At Least Five People Have Been Shot After Truck Plows Through Lower Manhattan, Considered A Suspected Terrorist Attack!
A box truck driver mowed down multiple people on a street in lower Manhattan, and at least one of them is dead, a senior New York City official tells News 4 New York.
Sources initially said they were responding to a report of at least five people shot near West and Chambers streets in Tribeca, but officials say their investigation now shows the injuries may have come from the truck crash.
Police sources tell News 4 that a box truck driver was traveling the wrong way down a bicycle path, injuring several people. The box truck then collided with a Home Deport rental truck, and the box truck driver got out with what now appears to be a fake firearm. He was then shot by police. He's in custody.
The box truck driver headed the wrong way down a bicycle path, mowing down several people, sources say. The box truck then collided with a Home Deport rental truck, and the box truck driver got out with what appeared to be a firearm.
He was then shot by police, according to sources. He's in custody, police say.
A large number of police vehicles could be seen near West Street and Chambers Street in Tribeca, which is near a community college, Stuyvesant High School, and a few blocks north of the National Sept. 11 Memorial.
Students from the top-ranked Stuyvesant High School and other witnesses in the area tweeted that they'd heard gunshots. A message has been left with the Department of Education.
The NYPD tweeted that a person is in custody, and police activity has shut down the area. Posted By PSmooth