A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter in a deadly rampage early on New Year’s Day. At least 14 people were killed before the attacker died in a shootout with police, officials said. Dozens of others were injured in the attack. A black ISIS flag was flying from the truck’s rear bumper, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the attack an act of terrorism.
The man driving the vehicle has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas, the FBI said.
In televised remarks Wednesday evening, President Biden said the FBI has determined that just hours before the attack, Jabbar “posted videos to social media indicating that he was inspired by ISIS, expressing a desire to kill.”