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UPDATE (5:51 p.m. ET): The suspect in the Manhattan attack has reportedly been identified.
#BREAKING Lower Manhattan terrorist identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov https://t.co/DvK2viEHZL
— COED (@COED) October 31, 2017
UPDATE (5:45 p.m. ET): NYPD officials say the driver of the truck stepped out of his truck with a BB gun and paintball gun before being apprehended by police officers. The suspect was shot in the abdomen before being transported to the hospital.
UPDATE (5:20 p.m. ET): The death toll in the Manhattan incident has reportedly risen to eight, according to law enforcement officials.
8 people have died in an act of terrorism in New York City, NYPD Commissioner James P. OโNeill said in a live press conference
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 31, 2017
UPDATE (5:00 p.m. ET): Video shows what is believed to be the driver of the truck in the Lower Manhattan incident exiting his vehicle and running around the street with what appears to be a gun in his hand.
BREAKING: Eyewitness Video Appears To Show Suspect In Deadly Manhattan Attack pic.twitter.com/hkHJidG40s
โ Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 31, 2017
UPDATE (4:48 p.m. ET): The FBI has taken over the Lower Manhattan incident investigation and is treating it as a terrorist act. According to multiple media reports, the driver got out of his truck and shouted “Allahu Akbar” before being apprehended by police.
UPDATE (4:40 p.m. ET): An eye-witness claims the driver of the truck involved in the Lower Manhattan incident crashed his truck into the side of a school bus from Stuyvesant High School before coming to a complete stop.
Paramedics removing victims from mangled school bus outside Stuyvesant High School pic.twitter.com/CFnpaC7ujx
— ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ (@MylesMill) October 31, 2017
UPDATE (4:20 p.m. ET): Two law enforcement officials say up to six people may be dead in the Lower Manhattan incident.
It is believed that the driver of the truck involved in the incident deliberately drove onto a bike path and then went 20 blocks south towards Chambers Street in New York City, striking pedestrians and bike riders along the way.
Police quickly apprehended the suspect and took them into custody.
Eye-witnesses say the suspect was shot in the leg before being transported to the hospital.
A shooting incident in Lower Manhattan took place on Tuesday afternoon.
Very few details are available at this time with the incident occurring within the hour, but information and first-hand accounts are beginning to pour out.
Multiple reports on social media state a man drove his truck through a cycling lane, before crashing the vehicle. Witnesses claim the driver of the vehicle then got out of the vehicle with what appeared to be a gun.
According to the eye witnesses, police quickly responded and shot at the suspect before taking him into custody.
Multiple people were injured in the incident, but their conditions and the extent of the injuries have yet to be reported. Social media reports indicate as many five could currently be injured.
Photos & Videos From Lower Manhattan Shooting
The scene right now in lower Manhattan pic.twitter.com/BOkJdWipec
โ Alana Abramson (@aabramson) October 31, 2017
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NYPD photo of incident scene in Lower Manhattan. https://t.co/3OFa9RmEmA pic.twitter.com/7NAC8ZTgnf
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) October 31, 2017
#BreakingNews: NYPD responds to reports of shooting near prestigious Lower Manhattan high school https://t.co/iYKpxkIO97 pic.twitter.com/vxilmgNQSa
โ FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) October 31, 2017
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Lower Manhattan Shooting Location
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