A man who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck Monday in New York City was having an apparent mental health crisis and said he started mowing people down after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward him, police say.
A man who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck Monday in New York City was having an apparent mental health crisis and said he started mowing people down after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward him, police said Tuesday.over a harrowing 48 minutes
The scope and length of the destruction led to questions about the NYPD’s response and whether the pursuit — which at one point involved a police car speeding after the U-Haul up onto the sidewalkSor, a troubled man with a history of violence and mental illness, told police that seeing an “invisible object” set him off, Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters Tuesday. Sor’s family said he’d stopped taking his medication, Essig said.
A 44-year-old man riding a moped died from a head injury after he was hit by the truck roughly a half hour after it struck the first victim. Mayor Eric Adams said the man, whose name has not been made public, was a single father “raising those children on his own.” NYPD policy requires officers to stop chasing vehicles when the risks to police and the public “outweigh the danger to the community.”
On Feb. 5, Sor was pulled over in South Carolina and cited for reckless driving and marijuana possession. He arrived in Brooklyn the next day, surprising his son when he showed up at his door in the middle of the night. On Feb. 8, Essig said, police stopped Sor for speeding in the U-Haul on a Brooklyn highway where trucks and other commercial vehicles are prohibited. He was then spotted in New Jersey on Sunday, a day before the mayhem in Brooklyn, Essig said.
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