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Search ongoing for Bourbon Street ‘people of interest’ as state AG vows death penalty
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Search ongoing for Bourbon Street ‘people of interest’ as state AG vows death penalty

By Anders Hagstrom | Fox News Authorities are still searching for potential accomplices to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd before being killed in a shootout with police on Wednesday. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told Fox News that there is evidence that Jabbar worked alongside accomplices to coordinate the attack, although she and other officials have declined to offer specifics. Jabbar's attack killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others. "In Louisiana, we have the death penalty, and we will carry it out!" Murrill wrote on X. Jabbar had posted videos to social media prior to his attack expressing allegiance to the Islamic State. The FBI's investigation has now spread across multiple states, though the number of...
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The truck used in New Year’s attack crossed the border into the U.S. days ago
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The truck used in New Year’s attack crossed the border into the U.S. days ago

By Chris Pandolfo , Anders Hagstrom  | Fox News At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, days after the vehicle was spotted crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas. The driver, a male, reportedly jumped out of the vehicle and opened fire on police after hitting the crowd. The brief shootout ended with the suspect dead at the scene, authorities confirmed. Police say 35 people have been transported to five hospitals across the city after suffering injuries from the attack. Fox News has learned that the truck used in the attack had a Texas license plate, and that it was tracked crossing the southern border into the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas, two days prior to the a...
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10 dead, dozens injured in New Orleans after driver plowed car into New Year’s crowd on Bourbon Street
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10 dead, dozens injured in New Orleans after driver plowed car into New Year’s crowd on Bourbon Street

By Chris Pandolfo | Fox News The suspect who allegedly drove into a joyous crowd at a New Year's celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar by the FBI. Jabbar—who died at the scene of the attack—was a U.S.-born citizen who lived in Texas, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Alethea Duncan said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. The FBI also revealed that Jabbar was an Army veteran. "What I can tell you, the person was an Army veteran," Duncan said. "We believe he was [an] honorable discharge. But we're working through this process to figure out all this information." READ THE FULL STORY AND CONTINUING COVERAGE AT FOX NEWS
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