NEW YORK (WTXL/AP) - The New York City Police says that eight people are dead and 11 people are seriously injured after an apparent terror attack in NYC.
They say at approximately 3:05 p.m., a 29-year-old man drove a rented Home Depot truck onto the bike/pedestrian path.
While driving south on the path, the truck collided with a school bus at West St and Chambers St. Two adults and two children were injured on the school bus.
After colliding with the school bus, the man got out the truck holding two firearms. An officer assigned to the area fired, striking him in the stomach.
The driver of the truck was taken into custody. A paintball gun and pellet gun were recovered from the scene.
Police say eight people were killed and 11 people have serious but non-life threatening injuries.
ABC News reports that the suspect was from Tampa.
The suspect reported to have screamed "Allahu Akbar," a key reason authorities looking at terrorism as possible motive, sources tell ABC.
5:25 p.m.
New York City's mayor says a truck attack in lower Manhattan killed eight people and was a "cowardly" act of terror.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says the attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center "was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it a "lone wolf" attack. He says there's no evidence to suggest it was part of a wider plot.
Witnesses described a chaotic scene of a white pickup truck hitting bicyclists on a path near the World Trade Center and then slamming into a school bus. They say the driver got out of his vehicle brandishing what appeared to be a gun in each hand.
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5:15 p.m.
Witnesses have described a chaotic scene of a white pickup truck hitting bicyclists on a path near the World Trade Center and then slamming into a school bus. They say the driver got out of his vehicle brandishing what appeared to be a gun in each hand.
Manhattan restaurant chef Eugene Duffy was crossing a street when he heard something, turned back and saw the pickup truck on the bike path. He says he saw the bodies of two men on the ground, their bikes mangled.
He says he ran south and saw a yellow half-size school bus that appeared to have been T-boned and firefighters trying to get children out.
A law enforcement official says at least six people were killed and at least nine people were injured when a rented van struck them. The case is being investigated as possible terrorism.
-Associated Press writer Colleen Long in New York contributed.
