investigation of Deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans Continued after a driver plowed into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year, At least 15 people died and dozens more were injuredAccording to the FBI, the attack is being investigated as a terrorist act.
was a truck driver Who has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar42 year old American citizen from Texas. He served in the U.S. Army, including an 11-month deployment to Afghanistan, according to an Army spokesperson. He was discharged in 2015 and in recent years worked in real estate.
Investigators continue to search for a motive. They are also looking into whether Jabbar had any accomplices. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told “CBS Mornings” on Thursday that law enforcement does not know whether the driver acted alone, but Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said there is a belief that “multiple people were involved and Was working with the driver.” Of the vehicle.”
“I want to qualify that it's not that we believe he acted alone, we don't know,” Kirkpatrick said. “And so we'll continue to assume he's not a lone wolf until we know otherwise.”
On Wednesday morning, just hours after New Orleans arrived in 2025, authorities say Jabbar drove a Ford electric pickup truck. in the crowd of revelers On Bourbon Street, going around barriers and driving on the sidewalk. After this he came out of the car and started firing at the police officers. The FBI said he died after a shootout with three responding officers. New Orleans Police Department Said He was hit by police bullets and was declared dead on the spot.
The FBI said an ISIS flag was found on the truck's trailer hitch. In Comments on Wednesday Evening TelevisionPresident Biden said the FBI determined that the man had “posted videos on social media expressing a desire to kill that indicate he was inspired by ISIS” hours before the attack.
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Investigators found a “weapon and a possible IED,” or improvised explosive device, in the man's vehicle, the FBI said in a statement Wednesday. “Other possible IEDs were also located in the French Quarter,” where Bourbon Street is, the statement said. The FBI said Wednesday afternoon that two IEDs were found and defused. Law enforcement sources said a long gun with a suppressor device acting as a silencer was also found in the vehicle, and the man was wearing body armor.
The number of IEDs left behind is a large part of why the FBI believes the man may have an accomplice, sources told CBS News on Wednesday.
Murrill said a fire at the Airbnb where the man was staying led to the belief that some of his accomplices may also be there.
“We received some information yesterday about where the IED was placed and when the IED was placed,” Murrill said. “The house fire broke out early in the morning, but it was after 3 a.m. at the time of the incident, and so we have good reason to believe that multiple people were involved.”