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New York police say several people killed after car drives on to bike path New York police say several people killed after car drives on to bike path
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New York City police said several people were killed and numerous people were injured after a car drove through a bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. New York City police said several people were killed and numerous people injured after a car drove through a bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon.
The NYPD said the suspect exited the vehicle displaying “imitation firearms” and was shot by police. The NYPD said the suspect exited the vehicle displaying “imitation firearms” and was shot by police. He is in custody.
Multiple witnesses told the Guardian they heard at least five gunshots. Police said the truck drove south after entering a pedestrian and bicycle path, where it struck multiple people and another vehicle. Crumpled bicycles were strewn across the path, which runs along the Hudson River, and a damaged school bus was at the scene.
An Associated Press photographer on the scene said he witnessed at least two bodies lying motionless on the path beneath tarps. Tom Gay, a school photographer, told the Associated Press he stuck his head around the corner and saw a slender man in a blue track suit running southbound on West Street holding a gun. He said there was a heavyset man pursuing him. Gay said he heard five or six shots and the man in the tracksuit fell to the ground, gun still raised in the air. He said a man came over and kicked the gun out of his hand.
Ezequiel Gonzalez, 18, works at the prestigious Stuyvesant High School, which is next to the bicycle path and was locked down after the incident. He told the Guardian he crossed a footbridge that overlooks the bike path and saw “all this debris everywhere” near what looked like a body covered by a sheet.
John Williams, 22, described a “smashed up” white pickup truck, with the logo for hardware store Home Depot on it, near the scene. He said he saw one man on the ground surrounded by police and could smell smoke in the air at the scene.
Williams said he was at a skate park near the bike path when he heard five to ten gunshots. “At the time I was really just concerned that there was a man running around with a gun I wasn’t too concerned for myself but just the safety for everyone in the city,” Williams said.
Flashing ambulances and police cars overwhelmed the scene after the suspect was stopped, a few blocks north of the World Trade Center memorial.
Police completely blocked off the bike path, but dozens of young people from the nearby high school and college crowded outside police lines.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said he had been briefed on the incident and was traveling to the scene. New York governor Andrew Cuomo also said he was heading to the scene.Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said he had been briefed on the incident and was traveling to the scene. New York governor Andrew Cuomo also said he was heading to the scene.
Police activity blocked parts of some Manhattan’s busiest roadways near the World Trade Center memorial site. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president had been briefed on the incident “and will be continually updated as more details are known”.
More details soon ... “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected,” Sanders said.
One early report suggested that the truck drove at least 10 blocks. The suspect was seen on one video clip running through traffic carrying two weapons, possibly fakes, including a paintball gun.