A truck driven into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans during New Year's celebrations, killing at least one person, has prompted a terrorism investigation. The suspect, a U.S. citizen, was killed after a shootout with police. Authorities are exploring potential ties to a separate incident involving a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
in New Orleans when a person intentionally drove a truck with an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street during New Year's celebrations, police said. Authorities are looking into a possible military link between the suspect and the person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas , two law enforcement sources told NBC News. The suspect, a Texas-born U.S. citizen, was killed after shooting at police.
The FBI said it does not believe he was 'solely responsible' for the attack and that it is investigating his 'potential associations and affiliations' with terrorist groups. A potential improvised explosive device was in the truck, and other potential IEDs were discovered in the French Quarter, the FBI said.Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, has been identified as being among those killed in the attack by his former high school, the Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana. “It is with great sorrow that we share that alum Hubert Gauthreaux, Class of 2021, was tragically killed in the senseless act of violence that occurred early this morning in the French Quarter,” the school said in a statement shared on Facebook. “We are asking the entire Archbishop Shaw family to pray for the repose of Hubert’s soul, his family and friends during this difficult time, and all those affected by this tragedy,” the statement added.Investigators are looking into whether there’s any military connection between that suspect in the New Orleans attack and the driver in aoutside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, two law enforcement sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. The driver in New Orleans is dead after shooting at police, and a person was found dead inside the Cybertruck after that vehicle exploded and caught fire, officials have said. But whether the drivers overlapped in the time they served in the military, or at any locations, was unclear. The sources said it was a potentially notable investigative stran
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