The suspect who allegedly carried out a terrorist attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter early on Wednesday morning had an ISIS flag with him, according to multiple reports.
The news comes after the FBI said in a statement that the incident was being investigated as an act of terrorism after the suspect rammed a white pickup truck into a crowd of people and then got out and opened fire at police before he was killed by law enforcement.
At least 10 people were killed in the attack, and 35 more people were injured.
The FBI said in a statement that the suspect “has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas.”
“He was driving a Ford pickup truck, which appears to have been rented and we are working to confirm how the subject came into possession of the vehicle,” the statement said. “An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to…
