The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans' French Quarter in the early hours of New Year's Day had an ISIS flag in the vehicle, the FBI said in a statement Wednesday. The FBI named the attacker as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas. The attacker was killed in a firefight with police after the Bourbon Street attack. Ten people were killed and at least 35 others injured in what the FBI said it is investigating as a terrorist attack. The agency said it is "working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations."
The attacker was dressed in military gear and may have fired a rifle into the crowd as he was running people over, reports WDSU. Law enforcement officials tell the AP that authorities are searching the French Quarter, which was packed with people celebrating New Year's Eve during the attack at 3:15am, for potential explosive devices. "Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject's vehicle," the FBI said. "Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter."
Attorney General Merrick Garland said agencies including the ATF are also investigating the attack. "My heart is broken for those who began their year by learning people they love were killed in this horrific attack," Garland said, per the New York Times. This story has been updated with new developments. (More Bourbon Street attack stories.)
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