Three people were killed and many others injured shortly after the year 2024 arrived when a man driving a car packed with explosives plowed into a crowd leaving a rock concert in Rochester, New York. in upstate New York.
Police sources initially reported that the accident was being investigated as possible domestic terrorism, but today they said that there was no terrorist linkhighlighted New York Post.
The violent crash occurred at 12:50 a.m. on January 1 in front of the Kodak Center in Rochester, when approximately A thousand people were leaving a New Year’s show by the rock band Moe. from Buffalo (NY).
Rochester officers were helping pedestrians cross the street when Michael Avery (35), a man suspected of having bipolar disorder and a Syracuse resident, accelerated his rented Ford Expedition toward the crowd and crashed into an Uber leaving a nearby parking lot, police sources said.
Avery was transported to the hospital, where he died Monday night. The names of the other victims have not been released. The other two deceased were the couple on board the Uber, whose driver was injured and reported in stable condition. Three pedestrians were run over and one of them was seriously injured.
“The force of the collision caused the two vehicles to run over a group that was in the crosswalk and then crash into two other vehicles,” Police Chief David Smith described at a news conference. The cars broke out in an intense fire that took firefighters almost an hour to extinguish.
After the fire was extinguished, investigators found at least a dozen gasoline cans scattered on the pavement and inside the truck Expedition, according to Smith.
Avery, who was believed to be an “emotionally disturbed person,” had rented a hotel room in Rochesterwhere police conducted a search and recovered a suicide note and a diary.
The murderous driver rented the extra-large van before heading to the concert venue, police sources told ABC News.
“On a night that was meant for celebration and togetherness, we were instead faced with a tragedy that defies understanding,” he said. the moe band it’s a statement. “Please take care of yourselves and others as we navigate this time together.”
“Obviously I would have liked to stand on this podium to say ‘Happy New Year’, smile and say good news. But unfortunately today we do not have good news because we have several people whose families have changed because they will not be here by 2024,” he said yesterday. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans.
In a similar case, the day before Thanksgiving 2023, a suicidal American couple crashed their luxury car which then exploded at the Rainbow Bridge, a border crossing between New York and Canada, triggering alarms of possible terrorism and causing the temporary closure of four binational bridges. and the suspension of Amtrak train service between NYC and Toronto.
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