There is a suspect under arrest at this time who went on a violent rampage that injured at least eight people in Brooklyn on Monday.
The suspect is 62-year-old Weng Sor, according to police in the area. He was driving a U-Haul truck, according to the New York Post.
The NYPD officers who responded to the scene said that Sor was shouting, Shoot me. Im not stopping, as officers tried to pull over his vehicle. The officers said that they felt that the man wanted to die.
The incident occurred at approximately 11 am, and Sor allegedly hit at least one person on a moped. Police attempted to stop the vehicle then, and they had to engage in a chase that lasted approximately 30 minutes.
The U-Haul headed down Sunset Park and went up onto the curb where people would be walking at one point. The vehicle finally came to a stop at Red Hook, but not before it collided with another seven people. It was captured on video, and the driver was seen fleeing down Gowanus Expressway at one point.
The Post Millennial reports that one of the victims is in his 30s and was transported to Lutheran Hospital in critical condition. Of the eight victims, four had minor injuries, two had severe injuries, and two were in critical condition. This means that while there were undoubtedly various outcomes for the victims, they were all impacted somehow by these actions.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell spoke about the incident at a press conference and said: Behind us is a U-Haul truck stopped successfully by the NYPD, ending a violent rampage through Brooklyn that left at least eight people injured. We know a very limited amount about the suspect at this time. Thats part of our investigation.
He also said, "There are approximately seven scenes that we must process at this time.
The NYPD bomb squad also went out looking for any potential explosives in the truck, but they only found laundry detergent in the back. This was not of concern to the police department.
Rua Bishar, a witness to the event, said: The truck was flying, way too fast, and hit the guy and he went down. Then it drove over him. It was horrible. The guy looked like he was dead. He was surrounded by people and he wasnt moving.
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