At least 10 are dead and over 35 injured after a driver rammed a truck into a crowd and opened fire on New Years Eve on the famous Bourbon street in New Orleans.
The suspect died after a shootout with police, law enforcement officials said.
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JUST IN: President Trump issues statement on New Orleans NYE attack calling it an act of “pure evil.”
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Fox News is reporting the New Orleans killer came through Eagle Pass, Texas 2 days ago. In the photo below the “suspect” can be seen lying dead on the ground after being shot dead by police. The look of this guy shouts terrorist.
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The suspect used a truck which was rented through Turo, per ABC News
This comes after the revelation it passed into the U.S. through Eagle Pass, TX just two days ago.
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New Orleans reportedly left its hydraulic steel car barriers down last night, opting for “flimsy orange ones you could push over with your finger,” a witness says.
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At least four suspicious packages have been detonated along Bourbon Street in New Orleans as part of an improvised explosive device investigation, per WWL
It’s also been confirmed that the suspect was wearing FULL body armor.
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The suspect has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar.
Two senior law enforcement officials, speaking only on condition of anonymity, told Just the News that they are investigating the incident as possibly being inspired by ISIS and others may have been involved, though they had reached no final conclusions. Part of the concern, they said, was that an ISIS flag was found in the truck, but there was other evidence as well suggesting a possible radicalization by the group.
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