in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism, and backlash over her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. the alarming break-in at the colorado supreme court. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the building, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. the migrant crisis in the u.s. now hitting the suburbs outside major cities, after new york city s mayor said, you must give us 32 hours notice, buses carrying hundreds of asylum seekers now dropping off migrants in the suburbs. tonight, the major headline in the israel-hamas war. a top hamas official killed in a massive explosion in beirut. late today, former president trump appealing maine s decision to bar him from the primary ballot there. and tonight, nikki haley now saying it s abo
not. the car crash and deadly inferno in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and backlash on her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the colorado supreme court, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. the migrant crisis in the u.s. hitting the suburbs, after new york city s mayor say you must give us 32 hours notice, buses carrying hundreds of asylum seekers dropping off migrants in the suburbs. tonight, a top hamas official killed in a massive explosion in beirut. late today, former president trump appealing maine s decision to bar him from the primary b ballot there. and tonight, nikki haley saying it s about time trump showed up at the debates. rachel scott in high what. tonight, the
the suspect in the large rented suv also dying in his vehicle. firefighters found at least a dozen gas can sterps inside that suv. and abc s senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky in rochester tonight. reporter: tonight, police here in rochester believe this fiery crash, less than an hour into 2024, was no accident. they identified this man, 35-year-old michael avery, as the driver of a large suv filled with gas cans that barreled into a crowd of people leaving a concert, and they said he did it on purpose. avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic, and appears to have intentionally been driving towards the pedestrian crossing. nine pedestrians were hurt, but many more could have been had the suv not collided with a smaller rideshare vehicle pulling out of the parking lot, killing two passengers. identified tonight as 29-year-old joshua orr and 28-year-old justina hughes. you believe he sped up or sped toward the crosswalk and the pedestrians? yes. you c