UPDATED on NYC Terror Attack

NYPD held a press conference at 5:21 p.m. local time. James O'Neill NYPD commissioner introduced speakers.

Gov. Cuomo and Mayor De Blasio also spoke.

De Blasio called it a 'cowardly act of terror.' The death count is now 8 people and over 12 injured. De Blasio said the usual that this act was to break our spirit. He's an idiot.

"We will respond as we always do--we will be undeterred . . ." Yes De Blasio like most politicians will respond with words of condemnation.

"Keep the families in all your thoughts and prayers," he said. "If you see something, say something. Be vigilant."

Gov. Cuomo spoke. "First our thoughts and prayers are with those New Yorkers who lost their lives today. . . " He repeated the same 'thoughts and prayers' line.

"There's no evidence to suggest a wider plot, a wider scheme," Cuomo said.

"We go forward, we go stronger than ever." Yadda yadda.

In other words, nothing has changed and politicians offer nothing of value to the mix.

The subject's identity is not being made public at this time pending an investigation, but I bet his first name starts with an 'M'. He was taken to Belleview Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. 

He is described as "Middle Eastern" looking and is 29-years-old.


Thankfully, this terror attack has not deterred the City of New York from cancelling the Halloween Parade.



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