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At least eight people are dead after a driver barreled into a bike path and crashed a rental pickup truck into a crowd in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” law enforcement sources tell Fox News and The Associated Press.
Another nine people were injured, authorities said. Police tweeted that one person — who police shot twice — has been taken into custody and is expected to survive. Police added that there are “no others outstanding.”
The NYPD is responding to reports of a shooting in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, a few blocks from the World Trade Center Memorial.
(New York Police Department)
Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at a press conference Tuesday evening, called the incident “an act of terror.” Governor Andrew Cuomo said that at this point in the investigation, there is no evidence to suggest that there was a wider plot.
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