The man accused of plowing a truck through a New York City bike path is a 29-year-old professional truck driver and Uber driver who came to the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010 and lived most recently with his wife and children in the same northern New Jersey city where several 9/11 attack conspirators stayed.

Law enforcement sources said Sayfullo Saipov, who’s been living in Paterson, drove a rented truck onto the path on Manhattan's lower West Side around 3 p.m. ET, killing eight people and injuring at least 11 others.

He shouted, “Allahu Akbar” — "God is great'' in Arabic — as he emerged from the truck, police said. He was shot and wounded by a police officer at the scene and taken to a hospital for surgery.