The suspect was identified by the FBI. EPA – SHAWN FINK
A man "determined" to "carnage" on New Year's Eve in New Orleans drove his vehicle into a crowd on Wednesday, January 1, in the French Quarter of this southern city. The toll is at least fifteen dead and 35 injured, the Louisiana city coroner said in a statement Wednesday evening. An Islamic State flag was found in the attacker's car.
The man suspected of driving his vehicle into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least fifteen people and injuring 35 others, has been identified by the FBI. After running over people with his pickup truck, he then got out of the vehicle and opened fire on the crowd and police. The suspect is Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American citizen and former soldier, the federal police announced in a statement on Wednesday, January 1.