A Somali refugee and Ohio State University student was shot dead after he plowed his car into a group of people who had just evacuated a campus building after a caller reported a gas leak — then slashed them with a butcher knife, leaving nine injured.
Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18
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NYPost reports,
A Somali refugee and Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of people who had just evacuated a campus building after a caller reported a gas leak — then slashed them with a butcher knife, leaving nine injured, before he was shot dead, according to officials and a report.
When the attack began, police issued an “active shooter” alert that prompted a campus-wide lockdown and chillingly ordered students to “run, hide, fight.”
A cop was on the scene within a minute and killed the attacker, 18-year-old Abdul Razak Ali Artan, who became a legal permanent resident of the US, NBC News reported.
“He engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat,” OSU Police Chief Craig said.
The mayhem began when the attacker — whose name was not immediately released — rammed his car into the crowd standing outside Watts Hall about 9:40 a.m.
Jacob Bowers, a sophomore, was sitting on a bench about 100 feet away when he noticed people running for their lives.
“Then I heard someone yell, ‘He’s got a knife!’ And I saw a guy with a big-a– knife just chasing people around. When I saw that, I grabbed all my stuff and started running,” Bowers told NBC News
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