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BigOrangeTrain said:
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10 killed and 30+ injured as truck crashes into New Orleans NYE crowd: Live updates

The FBI identified Shamsud Din Jabbar of Texas as the suspected truck driver who crashed into a New Year's Eve crowd at high speed in New Orleans.
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“An armed man drove a speeding truck into a New Year's Eve celebration on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter early Wednesday, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 30 before being shot and killed by police in what the FBI is calling a terrorist assault.

"We are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism," the FBI said in a statement.

The pick-up truck crashed into the crowd at high speed around 3:15 a.m. CST and within moments the driver started firing on police officers from inside the vehicle, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said. Three officers returned fire; two were shot and are being treated in stable condition.

Police confirmed with USA TODAY that the driver was fatally shot by police. "Perpetrator was shot by NOPD officers and killed," said Karen Boudrie, public relations specialist with New Orleans police.

The suspect in the attack has been preliminary identified by the FBI as Shamsud Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran who lived in Texas. Jabbar appeared to be carrying an ISIS flag and was dressed in military gear, the FBI said.

"An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations," the FBI statement said.

Later Wednesday, FBI special agent Alethea Duncan told reporters the ISIS flag was hanging from the truck trailer's hitch. She also said the bureau does not believe Jabbar was "solely responsible" for the attack.

Duncan, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans office, said authorities also had safely neutralized and removed two potential improvised explosive devices, and are searching for more in the French Quarter.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said multiple times at Wednesday afternoon's news conference that the site of the truck collision on Bourbon Street remains an “active crime scene” as investigators hunt for details.

Earlier Wednesday, Cantrell told reporters that the driver was on a mission to kill as many people as possible. "He was hell bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did . . . This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. It was not a DUI situation," Cantrell said.

Hundreds of police officers were in the city for New Year's Eve duty when the assault happened, Cantrell said. The driver of the truck swerved around barricades on his way into the crowd, she said.

“Last night, we had over 300 officers out here, and because of the intentional mindset of this perpetrator who went around our barricades in order to conduct this," the mayor said.”
 
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Special Ed said:
I'm sure the hundreds of officers who are normally deployed on Bourbon Street just to arrest t!t flashers were shocked at having to respond to an actual crime.
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I’ve been to Bourbon St and there were gals walking around topless wanting $10 for you to have a picture made with them and it was daytime. Didn’t get the impression the police were arresting exposed teets.
 
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