The F.B.I. has identified the driver who killed at least 10 people and injured about 35 more in New Orleans as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen born in Texas.
The suspect in the New Orleans attack early on New Year’s Day was a 42-year-old Army veteran from Texas who had an Islamic State flag on his truck, the FBI said. Here are the latest updates.
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The suspect served in the U.S. Army for years, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation. He had been out of the military for some time, the officials said.
Local records in Texas show that the suspect in the New Orleans attack was charged many years ago with two minor crimes.
In 2002, he was arrested in Katy, Texas, for misdemeanor theft. Three years later, he was arrested by Beaumont police for driving with an invalid license, also a misdemeanor.
The FBI says it does not believe the driver acted alone. The Associated Press is reporting investigators have found video of three men and a woman placing explosives in the same area.
BREAKING: Investigators have reviewed video of three men and a woman placing explosives in connection with the deadly car attack in New Orleans’s French Quarter. The FBI said it does not believe the driver acted alone. https://t.co/UztJqA4o8x
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2025
Earlier today, without offering any evidence, Trump tried to link the New Orleans terror attack to illegal immigration. #wrong 
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