Investigation into man driving SUV that plowed into crowd finds 11 cans of gasoline in the back and a suicide note

Terrorism-Car-Crash-Rochester The charred remains of a Ford Explorer filled with explosives outside a rock concert in Rochester. ABC7 NY

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Important Takeaways:

  • Cops recover suicide note after deranged man drove car packed with explosives into crowd at Rochester concert, killing 2
  • Law enforcement sources initially reported that the crash was being investigated as possible domestic terrorism but said Tuesday there was no terror link.
  • The fiery crash occurred at 12:50 a.m. outside the Kodak Center in Rochester, where roughly 1,000 people were filing out after a New Year’s Eve show by the rock band moe.
  • Rochester officers were helping pedestrians cross the street when Michael Avery, a suspected bipolar man from Syracuse, sped his rented Ford Expedition toward the crowd and smashed into an Uber pulling out of a nearby parking lot, law enforcement sources said.
  • “The force of the collision caused the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles,” Police Chief David Smith said at a press conference.
  • The cars exploded into an intense blaze that took the fire department nearly an hour to extinguish.
  • A couple riding in the Uber were killed, while their driver was rushed to the hospital in non-life-threatening condition, sources and police said.
  • Three pedestrians were struck by the flying cars — one of whom was left clinging to life.
  • After the fire was extinguished, investigators found at least a dozen gasoline canisters scattered across the pavement and inside the Expedition, according to Smith.
  • Avery, believed to have been an “emotionally disturbed person,” had rented a hotel room in Rochester, where police conducted a search and recovered a suicide note and journal, according to law enforcement sources.

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