'I saw some people fly in the air'
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Las Vegas police responding to a car attack. (Credit: Twitter)
A woman was taken into custody after police said she purposely and repeatedly drove her car, with her toddler inside, into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas strip, killing one and leaving at least three dozen injured.
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Suspect Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24
Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, was charged Monday with attempted murder, first-degree child abuse or neglect and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. The deceased was identified as a 32-year-old Arizona woman named Jessica Valenzuela.
Las Vegas Deputy Police Chief Brett Zimmerman said the incident was “not an act of terrorism,” but did seem to be an intentional act,and officials were investigating, NBC News reported.
“We have determined that this is an intentional act,” Zimmerman told reporters during a news conference.
At the same time, Israel has seen recent similar acts of violence at the hands of terror-tied suspects. For instance, just this past October, a Palestinian terrorist smashed his car into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop and then jumped out with a meat cleaver and began hacking people. One was killed in the attack and a couple more seriously injured, Townhall reported.
One blog, SuperStation95, did report the woman screamed “Allahu Akbar,” while driving into the crowd, but that information hasn’t been substantiated by police or reported in other media outlets.
What has been widely reported is Holloway was driving down a portion of street near the Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood hotels around 6:40 p.m. Sunday when she allegedly swerved onto the sidewalk multiple times, smashing her car into a crowd of pedestrians. A toddler, age 3, was in the car with the woman at the time.
Witnesses said Holloway slammed into the crowd, backed up, and then sped up as she plowed into another group of people.
Rabia Qureshi, a Wisconsin resident visiting Las Vegas, told KSNV the car looked like “a bowling ball and the human bodies were like pins. … I saw some people fly in the air.”
Tourist Justin Cochrane added, “It was mayhem and it was very intentional. People were flying. It was a sound I will never forget. [The car] wasn’t hitting cars, it was hitting people,” USA Today reported.
Holloway then drove from the scene and police found her vehicle parked at a hotel down the road. She was arrested and is due to be arraigned Monday.
The 3-year-old wasn’t harmed, NBC News reported.
“This is a huge tragedy that has occurred on our strip,” police Lt. Peter Boffelli said, NBC News reported.
The injured, 36 or 37 people, according to various media accounts, were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. Several were in critical condition.
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