The FBI now says the truck driver responsible for a deadly rampage on Bourbon Street in New Orleans acted alone.
A man in a rented truck plowed into a New Year’s Eve crowd in the city early Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.
Officials said later Wednesday that they were looking for additional possible suspects in the attack, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
But Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, said Thursday that evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Jabbar was killed following the hit-and-run attack during a standoff with police.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, speaking at the same news conference as Raia, said Bourbon Street will reopen ahead of the Sugar Bowl football game, now scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time on Thursday.
More to come.
