Butchers knife. Our officer was on scene in less than a minute and he ended the situation less than a minute. He engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat. This is being considered a possible act of terror. That is the latest at the live desk. Im scott macfarlane. Back to you. And in cuba be preparations are under way for tributes to fairfax county. Go a memorial, but there are a lot of questions about what comes next in terms of cuba and the u. S. Jay gray is live with the latest. Reporter good evening from havana. Lines continue to stretch in almost every direction in a place that is dealing with both emotion after the death of fairfax county. The blast of cannons shatters the uneasy silence. A 21 gun salute to El Commandante perform schoolchildren, adults, even the son of raul castro, thousands wait f past the simple memorial. Its just a few seconds, but for now, its an emotional good by. He was the symbol of cuba. Reporter this cuban journalist says even though he was no longer
Not released a suspect description. This is a very active investigation. Reporter no one was injured in that shooting. There were no shoppers inside at the time. Just employees. The store opened on time for business, but cardboard covering up the blown out window. And there is now increased Police Presence at the store. I saw the policeman when i first came up, but its happening everywheno so what can you say. Reporter again a suspect is not in custody, but they say they dont need to put out a picture, they believe that they are close it making an arrest. Tracee wilkins, reporting live. And we continue to follow the developments out of ohio where a community is on edge after that attack on the campus of ohio sorry. So, yeah, its scary. Really scary. Police say this began when a man plowed his car into a group of peds peds and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife. Chris lawrence has more information. Yeah, the suspect is Abdul Razak Ali artan and he was a student
Student at ohio state named Abdul Razak Ali artan. They believe the attack was intentional and now theyre trying to figure out why. This was done on purpose. As to go over the curb and get out and start strike them with a knife, that was on purpose. Reporter all victims are expected to survive, though the emotional wounds might take longer to heal. Not real. You go numb. Not supposed to happen. Reporter classes at ohio state havbe continues. Chris pollone, nbc news. Ohio state is the Third Largest university in the country, 66,000 students. As for the suspect, he was a freshman at osu. It does not appear that he was on any Government Watch list. And there is a new name in the mix for the job of secretary of state in Donald Trumps white house. Petraeus met with trump today and trump tweeted that he was very impressed. That tone is different between tweets yesterday that condemned the vote recount effort launched by jill stein. Mooar has the re. Reporter donald trump won wisconsin by 22,
Farming. An nfl star to walked away from millions and then found new success on the field. Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from havana. Good evening well have coverage of a remarkable outpouring in the streets here today over the death of fidel castro over the weekend, but we lead on todays bloody knife attack on the campus of Ohio State University. The suspect, who injured 11 people, after plowing his car into pedestrians, and then attacking people with a knife, was identified late today as a somaliborn, osu student. His rampage ended when he was shot and killed by police. The campus put on lockdown, leaving thousands confused and terrified. The fbi has joined the investigation and this evening officials have not ruled out terrorism. Has the latest. We have several pedestrians struck by a vehicle. Reporter a chaotic scene at Ohio State University this morning. Shots fired, one down. Reporter students just getting back to clas
15yearold shot before getting to his schoolbus this morning. It was group of guys and they all ran he told me. He ended up being the one to get hit. Reporter the victim is in the ninth greater at John Dickinson high school. The boy ran to the schoolbus not knowing he was shot. But the but Company Tells us students noticed he was hurt prompting the bus driver to call dispatch who called police. The injured teen a is the nemours ai Dupont Hospital for children. He was blessed. He was fortunate. It went through it came out the other side and hit his arm. Three holes and two bullets. It was gang. You think its gang relate. I know it was gang related. Reporter neighbors tell fox 29 they woke up to six to eight powerful gunshots. When we look out the window, we saw some kids run up this w way. We saw some kids jump on the bus and some of the bus drivers were telling the kids get on the bus. Reporter one bullet even piercing the windshield of this car. The father says this attack should be aw