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Fuentes and deborah feyerick, covering this from new york. you're getting information, we heard local police at this news conference say this was done on purpose. someone deliberately took a vehicle, drove up to a crowded sidewalk, started ramming into people. the vehicle then stopped. the individual gout out with a butcher's knife, it's been described and started slashing people. this was done on purpose. we have to consider the local law enforcement authorities saying this could have been a terrorist act. what are you hearing? >> wolf, i can certainly tell you the fbi and other law enforceme...

Sidewalk hitting several pedestrians, a police officer did respond, ordered him to, engaged verbal commands allegedly to drop the weapon and when that didn't work he opened fire basically killing the attacker. and it was really that timing, because you had somebody on-scene quickly able to engage the attacker and neutralize the situation. we are told there are nine injured. two underwent surgery. two of them apparently who, four with stab wounds. four who were injured by the vehicle and another woman walked in after it was all over. again, sort of took cover and then went to the hospital, is w...

With you, president drake, about the motive of this individual? >> well, thanks. first we don't really know anything about the motive or the individual, as you've been reporting, 9:53 this morning a vehicle drove across the curb and into pedestrians who were on the sidewalk. so it seems a business purposeful, not hitting people from a crosswalk, literally was driving on to a sidewalk and one of our officers encountered the suspect within a minute. after he drove into the crowe, i should say, got out of the car with a sharp instrument and began to stab or cut at people, and one of our officers ...

The suspect and kmoornds were not followed and the officer did what he had to do to stop the threat. >> other than the attacker, was anybody shot? >> no one. >> another update later. thank you very much. there you have the latest. very disturbing information coming in from ohio state university. nine people were injured. one critical. the suspect driving a car up on a sidewalk simply ramming into people. the suspect took out a butcher's knife and started slashing individuals. that suspect was shot and killed by a local law enforcement official. we want to welcome viewers here in the united s...

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