The FBI has confirmed that there are no additional suspects in the deadly terror attack that took place on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning.
Authorities now believe that Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone when he drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers, killing 14 people before engaging in a brief shootout with police officers.
Jabbar was shot and killed by officers who returned fire during the confrontation.
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Federal investigators are continuing to probe both the New Orleans attack and a separate explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, both of which occurred on the same day.
In connection with the New Orleans attack, authorities are conducting searches in multiple cities across the United States.
In New Orleans, investigators focused on an Airbnb rental that is believed to have been used by Jabbar prior to the attack.
The FBI also executed a search warrant at a home in Houston, Texas, linked to Jabbar, near the intersection of Hugh Road and Crescent Peak Drive.
The area remained blocked off by law enforcement Thursday morning as part of the ongoing investigation.
In Colorado, the FBI’s Denver office carried out a search in Colorado Springs related to the investigation into a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The explosion, which also took place on New Year’s Day, is part of the same investigation that is looking into potential connections between the two events.
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia addressed concerns over the safety of Bourbon Street in a statement, following initial warnings to visitors to remain vigilant.
Raia explained that after reviewing surveillance footage, investigators were able to determine that individuals seen near the scene were not planting bombs, but rather “patriots” who were checking coolers to ensure they did not contain anything dangerous.
Additionally, the FBI was able to determine that Jabbar acted alone in the attack after reviewing his social media accounts, conducting numerous interviews with witnesses, and examining three cell phones that were recovered from an Airbnb linked to Jabbar in Mandeville, Louisiana. “There was nothing to indicate through call records, interviews, or anything in our systems that he was aided in this attack by anybody,” Raia said.
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FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia addressed concerns over the safety of Bourbon Street in a statement, following initial warnings to visitors to remain vigilant.
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry also weighed in on the aftermath of the attack, reassuring the public that the city is “better off than we were before” the attack.
However, he did not provide specific details regarding any new security measures that have been put in place since the incident.
Notably, protective barriers that had been previously set up along Bourbon Street were removed in November as part of a security overhaul and were not in place during the attack, according to reports from Nola.com.
As the investigation continues, authorities are working to piece together more information about Jabbar’s motivations and any potential connections to broader terrorist activities.
The FBI’s ongoing efforts to investigate both the New Orleans attack and the Las Vegas explosion are part of a larger federal response to the incidents, which remain under active investigation.
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