At least 15 people have died and dozens have been injured after a truck struck a crowd of revelers early on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.
The suspect officials have described as “trying to run over as many people as he possibly could” after driving a vehicle into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations, has been identified as Texas resident Shamsud Din Jabbar. Jabbar, 42, was an army veteran, authorities said. Officials also announced that the federal government is now in charge of the investigation, which they are investigating as a terrorist act.
“We do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible. We are aggressively running down every lead, including those of his known associates. That’s why we need the public’s help,” FBI New Orleans special agent-in-charge Alethea Duncan said during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
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