Law enforcement reportedly has identified the suspect in Wednesday morning's Bourbon Street terrorist attack. That suspect, a United States citizen, was carrying an Islamic State flag when he committed the atrocity.
According to FBI officials, the suspect is Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42. He is accused of speeding a pickup truck down Bourbon Street into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year, killing 10 people and leaving 35 others in the hospital. Responding police officers shot and killed Din Jabbar after he allegedly shot at them.
In a statement, FBI officials said Din Jabbar was carrying the flag of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in his truck. Officials say they also found several homemade bombs and other weapons inside Din Jabbar's truck. Investigators later found more potential bombs in the French Quarter and are working to determine if those bombs "are viable."
Earlier on Wednesday morning, law enforcement officials blew up a number of suspicious devices they found in the Vieux Carré.
FBI officials say Din Jabbar appears to have rented the truck he used in the attack. News outlets in Texas are reporting that law enforcement officials there traced the pickup truck, which had Texas plates, to Pasadena, Texas, a Houston suburb. Officials there are reportingly trying to find out how exactly Din Jabbar obtained the vehicle.
New Orleans police and federal authorities are expected to release more details at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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