Here’s Everything We Know About The Deadly NYC Shooting In Lower Manhattan

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By Bruce C.T. Wright

At least six people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a truck ran over a group of bike riders and then shot at them in New York City on Tuesday afternoon, according to NBC News. The incident was reportedly being treated as a terror attack.

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Currently there is one person in custody. No others outstanding. All information is preliminary as the investigation is ongoing.

The gunman was driving a Home Depot truck on or near the West Side Highway when he ran over the riders on a popular bicycle path, according to the New York Daily News.

As many as eight shots were fired off before police responded and ordered the gunman to surrender, an Uber driver told the Associated Press. “I saw a lot of blood over there. A lot of people on the ground,”Chen Yi.

Additional details, including an alleged motive, were not immediately available as police conducted its investigation.

The crash and shooting in broad daylight took place near the World Trade Center and a prestigious public high school in the TriBeCa neighborhood shortly after 3 p.m. local time.

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“What happened was there was a car crash… he came out of one of the cars. He had two guns. He was running around Chambers and somebody started to chase him,” a 14-year-old Stuyvesant High School student told the New York Post. “I heard four to six gunshots – everybody starts running.”

Photos and video footage from the scene were quickly posted to social media.

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Incident in Lower Manhattan (Tribeca) unfolding.

Before we jump to conclusions, let the police do their jobs.

This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.