Investigators are still working to determine the motive behind Monday morning’s mayhem after a man behind the wheel of a rented U-Haul truck plowed into multiple people on streets, bike lanes and sidewalks of two Brooklyn neighborhoods, leaving one person dead and eight injured in his wake. The driver, a 62-year-old man now in police custody, is believed to be…
In another video, a person on the sidewalk jumps out of the way, narrowly missing the full impact of the truck as it speeds down the path with a police cruiser in close pursuit.
The truck, stopped against a police cruiser on the sidewalk, was searched and cleared of any possible explosives. That stop was part of seven different scenes across Brooklyn that was sorted through for evidence, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Monday afternoon. At the time of his arrest, Sor allegedly told arresting officers he wanted to die. A senior law enforcement official told News 4 that Sor said in a statement that he"only ran over bad people — not good people." The official added that Sor has not been taking medication he should have been on.
Weng Sor's son, Stephen Sor, 30, told the Associated Press that his father had a history of mental illness and, until recently, was living in Las Vegas, where records show he's been convicted and served time for multiple acts of violence, including stabbing his own brother. Before pleading guilty in that case, Sor underwent several months of evaluations at state psychiatric facilities until he was found competent to face charges, court records show. The records don’t list a possible diagnosis, but note that Sor was placed on medications.
"We have no idea of motives at this time but this wasn't an accident," Councilman Justin Brannan, who represents Red Hook, tweeted.
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