Deadly truck attack in Lower Manhattan ends when officer shoots suspect

By Brian Seay

Eight people were killed and 11 others injured Tuesday afternoon in Lower Manhattan when a driver plowed a Home Depot pickup truck down a crowded bike path before he was shot by police.
Authorities say 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov was waving around a pellet gun and a paintball gun and yelling “Allahu akbar” when an officer shot him in the stomach, according to the New York Times.
“Based on information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio at a news conference.
Police say a note found in the truck claimed that the suspect acted in the name of ISIS.
It started after 3 p.m. local time. The truck got on the West Side Highway bike path near Houston Street and struck several cyclists and pedestrians over a nearly mile-long stretch. Officials say six people were pronounced dead at the scene. The two others were pronounced dead at nearby hospitals.
The truck stopped when it rammed into a school bus near Chambers and West Streets by Stuyvesant High School. Two adults and two students on board were injured in that collision. That’s when the suspect got

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