Four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter say they have preliminarily identified the suspect in the New Orleans vehicle attack as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
Din Jabbar, 42, is accused of intentionally crashing a van into New Year’s revelers around 3:15 a.m. on Bourbon Street, authorities said. The suspect is dead, the FBI said.
Ten people were killed and at least 35 more were injured, Anne Kirkpatrick, superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, told reporters Wednesday morning.
Officials are working to determine more information about his background and possible travel history.
Federal officials and local authorities in New Orleans are investigating whether Din Jabbar used a long-arm rifle and fired into the crowd while running over people, three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told NBC News.
“Please join me in praying for the victims and their families, as well as our first responders, in the wake of this horrific act of violence on Bourbon Street,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said in a post on X .
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