The suspect’s family confirmed that he was off of his medication at the time, according to police.
“Based on interviews with his family members, and confirmed when interrogated by members of the New York City detective bureau, we believe Mr. Sor was suffering from a mental health crisis,” Essig said. “At this time, there is no nexus to terrorism.”
Sor was charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder, Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced on Monday.“NYPD investigators are working with our law enforcement partners including prosecutors to build the strongest case possible and to deliver a measure of justice to these victims,” Sewell said.Sor was stopped while driving multiple times in the days leading up to the incident, according to police. Just eight days before the incident on Feb.
According to Essig, Sor had rented the truck in Florida on Feb. 4 before making his way up to New York. On Feb. 8, Sor showed up to his estranged wife and son’s residence to take a shower, and got into an argument with his son, cops said. Sor also has a number of prior arrests, mostly in his native town of Las Vegas, dating back to the early 2000s, Essig said. Those include a DWI in 2002, evading a police officer in 2002, battery in 2005, resisting arrest 2014, domestic battery in 2015, battery with a deadly weapon in 2017 and battery with a deadly weapon in 2020, Essig said.
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