assailant who got harujko killed, probably saving lives by doing so. he is a freshman student of somali descent, 18 years old, and an illegal. right now joining me to discuss it, cnn analyst justice fent as. i served as assistant director for the u.s. marshal s. obviously, the fact that this individual was of somali descent and he s done what we ve seen other terrorists do in the past, trying to kill as many people as possible raises strong suspicions that this could be a terrorist attempt. the other thing is the way the attack unfolded.
ceo is president-elect and donald trump has even admitted that he has, quote, a little conflict of interest with one nato ally over a hotel. the lead s series of potential conflicts like that one begins today. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin with national news today. we re waiting for a news conference at any moment with new details about the horrific rampage at the ohio state university in columbus. cnn is being told that the attacker was 18 years old. he was a permanent legal u.s. resident. they re wondering if terror was the motive. he drove into a crowd on campus and got out and started slashing people with a large butcher knife. a security guard on campus stopped this from becoming much worse, attacking and killing the
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attacker. c cnn s pam lebrand joining me now from ohio state university. what did you learn about the attacker? reporter: we re still piecing together what we know, but as you point out, officials tell us he was a teenager, 18 years old of somali descent, a resident of the united states. his ties to the university still unclear, and at this time investigators are still trying to figure out why he drove on campus and unleashed chaos and fear right behind me this morning. around 9:52 a.m., chaos erupts in the heart of the campus near buildings for the science and engineering programs. a car jumps the curb near pedestrians. then the male driver jumps out and continues to attack with a knife, slashing people. he exited the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians.