Chaos erupted in New Orleans' iconic French Quarter early New Year's Day as a pickup truck driven by Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar plowed through a crowd of revelers, killing 14 and injuring over 30, in what the FBI is calling a lone-wolf act of terrorism.
"We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack, except for Shansud-Din-Abbar", FBI Deputy assistant director Christopher Raia confirmed at a press conference in New Orleans Thursday.
Previously, FBI assistant special agent Alethea Duncan noted that the agency did not believe Jabbar was "solely responsible" and were investigating the incident as an "act of terrorism", according to BBC.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 41, was a U.S. citizen from Texas who the FBI confirmed he is a U.S. Army veteran.
He was dressed in camouflage and was wearing body armor at the time of the attack, Yeshiva World reported.
Jabbar was driving a white Ford pickup truck with Texas plates when he carried out the attack. It appears that it was rented in a vehicle-sharing app.
Police say at approximately 3:15 a.m. local time he drove the truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
After crashing the vehicle he started shooting at New Orleans police officers who had responded to the scene.
Officers returned fire, and Din Jabbar was pronounced deceased at the scene.
