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What you describe as the individual being confronted by the police. so we'll see as it unfolds. >> commissioner, stand by for a second. i want to bring in a witness to the incident in toronto, henry miller. henry, what did you see? >> oh, hi. so, yeah, i saw a white van speeding down young street which is one of the major arteries here in toronto, driving in oncoming traffic, then mounting the curb. right across from my condo building, i see a lady lifeless on the floor and the truck was speeding away from her. that's when i first started seeing the situation. as it continued south towards the...

Video shared with our partners at ctv who we're told at the scene that this was the driver of the van. you see him there? he seems to have something in his hand. nbc has not confirmed it is the driver. clint van zandt, this is the video were you talking about, the image you were talking about where you see a guy standing in front of the van who seems to be holding something? >> very much so. you see the police officers right there. >> on the right of the screen you see police officers. >> if, in fact, that is the driver of the van, it looks like he's trying to provoke the police -- >> to shoot...

So many americans do, it is no service to get them weapons and to give them back weapons that have been taken away from them legally by law enforcement. thanks to you clint van zant and maya rodriguez. a bitter sweet ending to this story. all right, we are following breaking news out of toronto where a number of people have been hit by a vehicle. here's what we know so far. toronto police told nbc news that eight to ten people were hit boy a vehicle around 1:30 p.m. eastern time. there is no word on the extent of their injuries. police say they have found the van that hit the pedestrians and t...

Van. joining me now a spokesperson for the toronto police department. gary, what do we know right now about the person who did this? >> right now, currently, we don't know a lot. we do know that we have located the van and that the driver is in custody. at this point, it's still under investigation. we don't know the cause or the reason for the collision. and even the number of pedestrians that were struck or their injuries. we have not been -- finalized that yet. it's still an ongoing fresh investigation. we were called initially at 1:27 for a collision call at young and finch, which is, as y...

World trade center bombing in 1993 when the terrorists rent ared a van, blew it up under the trade center and killed people there, six or eight people were killed. and the atf and nypd and fbi was there. they went down into the whole of the world trade center, found the axel of the truck, tracked it back to the rental company. and that's how they caught the terrorist. >> it has been a habit. a modus operandi of terrorists to use a vehicle in an attack. years ago i went to ottawa and met with them and worked with them on firearms issues. they have extremely tight firearms laws in canada compare...