The FBI has concluded that Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone in the deadly New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, reversing its earlier statement that it was looking for additional suspects.
The FBI now says it no longer believes that anyone else was involved in the attack in New Orleans other than a man who rented a pickup truck and rammed into a New Year's Day crowd, killing 14 people and injuring dozens of others.Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI 's counterterrorism division, says evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack in New Orleans .
Officials said later on Wednesday that they were seeking additional potential suspects in the attack, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism. But Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, said Thursday that the evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack and professed allegiance to the Islamic State. Jabbar was killed after the ramming attack during a firefight with police. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, speaking at the same news conference as Raia, said Bourbon Street will be reopened before the Sugar Bowl football game, now scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time Thursday
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