A driver plowed through a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter, killing 10 and injuring 30. The FBI is investigating the incident as a terrorist attack.
A driver in a pickup truck, who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage,” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans ’ bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 in an act being investigated as a New Year’s Day terrorist attack. The FBI said the driver of the vehicle was dead. He has been preliminary identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Officials are still working on information about his background and on potential travel history, sources said. The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for tonight's Sugar Bowl. “He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” said Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick. She said police officers would work to ensure safety at the Sugar Bowl, indicating that the college game would go on as scheduled. “It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said. The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack, the FBI said. After the vehicle came to a stop, the driver emerged from the truck and opened fire on responding officers, New Orleans police said. Officers returned fire, striking and killing the driver, police said. The FBI said in a statement that it was heading an investigation “with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism.” At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings at Bourbon and Canal streets as a “terrorist attack.'Kickoff at the Sugar Bowl is set for 7:45 p.
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