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Paul, witnesses say the police are considering this as a possible act of terror. could this fit into the pattern of other vehicle attacks we've seen, especially in europe? >> well, wolf, if this is a terrorist attack in new york city, it would be the first fatal terrorist attack in new york city since 9/11, something that the nypd has been preparing for every day. since then they've been very concerned about vehicle attacks, given that m.o. has been used so much here in europe, in the united kingdom a couple of times. also in nice, france, berlin and also even in the united states. we saw that...

Then you look at similarities and patterns. so an individual getting a large heavy vehicle like this an also yelling allah akbar, if in fact that report is true -- haven't seen that confirmed yet, but if that is the case, you look at the pattern and the similarity and there's a direct link that you draw between mass casualty, vehicle attacks in europe and what we just experienced here in new york city. whether it's nice or in berlin or a number of cities that have suffered incidents similar to this. the fact that he carried some additional weaponry to add to the terror effect of, this if it's ...

At is this an accident, is its somebody drunk, is it somebody berserk? the facts that is added here is that there's a rental truck and there's a guy with a paint ball gun or a beebee gun shooting at pedestrians. it could be terror related. you know, ali, a lot of these attacks that we have seen are involving these rental vehicles. those home depot trucks are $21 a day, easy to get, easy to rent. and if we go back and look at some of those vehicle attacks in europe, some were stolen, but some were rented. >> jim, we have reporting that the mayor is on the scene. louis berg dodorff is on the sc

Paint guns. sometimes they just use what they have. and we know that groups like isis and al qaeda have encouraged vehicle attacks. while it's not absolute, the length of the crime scene, the actor getting out with weapons acting like he's going to shoot or harm others, midday, broad daylight, a rental vehicle. all these things also look toward it could be a terrorist attack. >> and you're describing the brazenness of the attack, you mentioned europe. we sadly have covered terrorist attacks in barcelona and nice just in the last, i think, year and a half, also carried out with a vehicle. is th...

Law enforcement is prepared to deal with this, to shoot and stop vehicle attacks, but you have to get there first. and you talked about the nice attack with the huge truck they used and all the death in that, and police had to shoot the driver. so they were running people over, shooting out the windows. so these attacks have just become copycat attacks as well for inspired actors, inspired terrorists to just get a rental vehicle and drive it into a pedestrian area. and maybe in this case, nicole, as you have been reporting and reporters on the ground, almost an exclusive pedestrian and bicycle...