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Identified as abdul razak ali artan jumps out and continues to attack with a knife, slashing people. >> he exits the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. our officer was on-scene in less than a minute and he ended the situation less than a minute. he engaged the suspect and he eliminated the threat. the suspect is doa. >> reporter: the attacker was an ohio state student of somali descent and a permanent resident of the united states. police are now searching his home and law enforcement officials say that on facebook, he complained recently about attacks on muslims. i...

The suspect was doa. >> there was like 40 cop cars, everyone is very frantic and all the swat teams are getting together and cops are still pulling up. >> a text goes out to all students telling them to. >> reporter: the management department told students to run, hide, m. >> students barricade their classroom doors in an effort to keep the attacker at bay. they tried to contain the situation as quickly as possible. >> we ever a new military men in our class who actually are standing by the doors, keeping us safe. feeling pretty good about that. >> police say there was so many.

You have a relatively inexperienced volunteer just driving one of the vehicles, whether the press vehicle in that motorcade or whatever. i got nervous on several occasions. >> and they want to keep them in tight, so you don't have other cars cutting into the motorcade. >> let's go back 30 or 40 years, there have been significant numbers of accidents involving presidential and vice presidential motorcades. maybe what they should think about is think about slowing down a little bit. they really do go fast. they have 30 or 40 cop cars leading the way. >> and they want to get there as quickly as t...

>> i'm outside the student life office, lane avenue, and there's roughly i would say 40 cop cars, s.w.a.t. team just standing outside getting ready, looks to be like they're going inside this building but i could be wrong. >> what building are you looking at again? i'm sorry about the connection. >> it's very hectic here right now. there's like 40 cop cars. everyone is very frantic. all the s.w.a.t. teams are getting together and cops are still pulling up. >> kevin, how did you -- did you learn about this from the alert through twitter or through text? how did you learn about this this morning...

Officials say that on facebook, he complained recently about attacks on muslims. investigators say it could be the motive, but they are continuing to investigate. his mother told a community member that he'd been complaining about grades at osu. he was interviewed at the beginning of the school year by the student newspaper. and spoke of being uncomfortable openly praying and projecting his muslim faith on campus. >> it's very hectic here right now. there's like 40 cop cars. everyone's very frantic and all the s.w.a.t. teams are getting together and cops are still pulling up. >> a text message...