A man drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter on New Year's Day, killing 10 people. Police shot and killed the driver. The FBI is investigating the attack as terrorism.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver killed 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans ' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day before being shot to death by police, authorities said. More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday's attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem. The FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism. An Islamic State group flag was found in the vehicle. The FBI identified the driver as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S.
citizen from Texas and said it is working to determine Jabbar's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Authorities are also looking into whether other people may have been involved. Jabbar was killed by police after he exited the vehicle and opened fire on officers, police said. Two officers were shot and are in stable condition, police said. They were in addition to 33 people injured in the vehicle attack. A photo circulated among law enforcement officials showed a bearded Jabbar wearing camouflage next to the truck after he was killed. The attack happened around 3:15 a.m. in an area teeming with New Year’s revelers. Investigators recovered a handgun and an AR-style rifle after the shootout, a law enforcement official said. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The FBI said a potential improvised explosive device was located in the vehicle and other potential explosive devices were also located in the French Quarter. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack.” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did.” “It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said
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