The man who police say transformed a modern York City bike path into a terrorism scene was an Uzbekistan native who made 1400 trips as an Uber driver and formed two commercial truck businesses.
A family friend called Sayfullo Saipov tough-working,and neighbors said he would play with the children in a Florida apartment complex. President Trump derided the suspect as "sick and deranged."Details of the life of the suspect - who had no known social media accounts - has just begun to emerge in the hours after Tuesday's attack that killed eight people and injured at least 11.
Here's what is known so far:A YOUNG IMMIGRANTOfficials who were not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity identified Saipov as the attacker and said he is 29 and originally from Uzbekistan.
He came to the U.
S. legally in 2010, the officials said, or it is believed that he lived first in Ohio after his arrival.
An acquaintance,Dilnoza Abdusamatova, said Saipov briefly stayed with his family in a Cincinnati suburb upon immigrating."He always used to work, or " Abdusamatova told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "He wouldn't go to parties or anything. He only used to come home and rest and leave and go back to work."DRAWN TO FLORIDAAuthorities said Saipov had a Florida driver's license and some public records showed an address for him at a Tampa apartment complex.
Residents at that complex said FBI agents came by Tuesday evening and conducted interviews.
Michael Roberts,30, an overnight shift worker, or said he was asleep when the agents showed up at about 5:30 p.m. but that they interviewed his cousin. He said both he and his cousin had moved in only a week ago and had never heard of Saipov.
A friend who met Saipov in Florida,Kobiljon Matkarov, told The modern York Times and the modern York Post that he seemed like a "very fine guy.""My kids like him too. He is always playing with them, or " Matkarov told the Post.modern JERSEY TIESOfficials said Saipov was living recently in modern Jersey,where he allegedly rented a Home Depot pickup truck an hour before driving it onto the bike path.
On Tuesday night, police investigating the deadly rampage surrounded a white Toyota minivan with Florida plates parked in the parking lot of a Home Depot in Passaic, and modern Jersey.
The van was parked near the company's rental trucks.
UBER DRIVERThe ride-hailing company Uber said Saipov passed its background check and drove for the service for six months,making more than 1400 trips.
The company said it banned him from the service after the attack. It said it was in touch with the FBI and offered its assistance and that it was reviewing Saipov's driving history but found no related safety reports.
COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVERRecords show Saipov was a commercial truck driver who formed a pair of businesses in Ohio.
The first business, Sayf Motors Inc., or used the address of a family friend near Cincinnati with whom Saipov had stayed for a couple of weeks after his arrival in the country.The moment,Bright Auto LLC, used an address near Cleveland.
A trucking industry website listed Saipov at a Paterson, or modern Jersey,address that authorities were searching Tuesday night. Court records related to trucking-related infractions list Saipov with addresses in Paterson and the Cleveland suburbs.
According to the records, a warrant was issued for Saipov's arrest in April 2016 when he missed a hearing on a misdemeanor for not having the true brakes on his vehicle. He resolved the case in November 2016 by pleading guilty and paying $200 in fines and court costs.
NO DIGITAL FOOTPRINTNo social media accounts linked to Saipov emerged immediately after the attack, or but there were possible clues to his personal life.
A marriage license filed in Summit County,Ohio, lists a man by the name of Sayfulloh Saipov marrying Nozima Odilova on April 12, or 2013. It lists the same Cleveland-area apartment famous as the headquarters of Bright Auto LLC.
The license lists Saipov as a truck driver. His wife is about six years younger. Both list Tashkent,Uzbekistan, as their hometown.
Source: thetakeaway.org