The crazy driver who killed two people when he drove his SUV into a crowd in Rochester on New Year’s Day meticulously planned the deadly rampage for days, authorities revealed Tuesday.
Michael Avery, the 35-year-old suspect from Syracuse who died in the massacre, had rented a Ford Expedition – and then spent December 30 driving to different places in Monroe and Ontario counties to buy about a dozen gas cans to fill up his gas. deadly plan, officials said.
Creepy video footage captured the fatal driver buying some of his supplies, authorities said.
But officials admit that although they have checked Avery’s hotel room at the WoodSpring Suites Rochester Greece, where he stayed before the horror, as well as his car, which he left at the Rochester airport, they are no closer to knowing his motive.
Rochester Police Chief David Smith revealed only during a news conference that Avery may have had “mental health issues that may have gone undiagnosed” when he launched his attack, which also injured nine people.
“Investigators are still looking into the evidence recovered from his vehicle, but nothing has been found so far that provides any additional insight into why this happened,” Smith said, before asking the public to contact the city police’s major crimes unit if they have any information.
The chief said police have found no clues that suggest anyone else was involved or that Avery was part of a larger plot.
Michael Avery bought cans of gas and gasoline from several different locations in Monroe and Ontario counties before driving his gas-laden rental car into a crowd in Rochester early on New Year’s Day. Rochester PD
He reiterated that Avery did not appear to be motivated by a particular political or social ideology, which the FBI agent continued to support in a brief statement from the podium.
“So far, we have found no evidence of ideology and no connection to terrorism, whether international or domestic,” said Jeremy Bell, special agent in charge of the FBI’s local office.
But a number of questions remain.
Smith said Avery did not leave a suicide note or journal. And police don’t know why he chose to hit Rochester or the Kodak Center in particular.
Rochester Police Chief David Smith said Avery may have an undiagnosed mental illness. But police aren’t sure why he targeted the city or the concert venue.
At about 12:50 a.m. Monday, he charged into the crowd filing out of the Kodak Center after a show by moe., the Grateful Dead tribute band from Buffalo.
Two Rochester police officers were helping pedestrians cross the street when Avery sped toward them, crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into an Uber as it pulled out of a nearby parking lot, Smith said.
The couple behind the rideshare was killed, and the Uber driver was rushed to hospital but was not seriously injured.
Avery didn’t leave a suicide note or journal, Smith said, leaving police to try to piece together his mental state. Rochester PD
Nine other people were injured after the car rammed into a crowd and burst into flames following the collision.
One suffered “life-changing injuries,” though the rest should make a full recovery, the chief said.
Avery was taken to a hospital and died from his injuries around 8 p.m. Monday, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Avery had driven to Rochester in his personal car on Dec. 27, Smith said.
He rented the Expedition two days later from an agency at the Rochester airport, then left his car alone, Smith added.
Police are still talking to the Avery family, the chief said.
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