Biden to visit New Orleans Monday, in wake of Bourbon Street attack
Source: CBS News
Biden to visit New Orleans Monday, in wake of Bourbon Street attack
By Melissa Quinn
Updated on: January 3, 2025 / 10:00 AM EST / CBS News
Washington -- President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit New Orleans on Monday, following the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day that left at least 14 dead and dozens more injured. ... The White House said the president and first lady "will grieve with the families and community members impacted by the tragic attack on January 1 and meet with officials on the ground."
Federal authorities said a driver, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, plowed a truck into people celebrating New Year's Eve on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. The attacker was shot and killed by police after exchanging gunfire with three officers who responded, according to the FBI. Jabbar was a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas and had served in the U.S. Army, an Army spokesperson confirmed.
The FBI said Thursday that the attacker posted videos declaring support for ISIS before the massacre, and investigators do not believe Jabbar had accomplices.
Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division, said that Jabbar rented a Ford electric pickup truck through a peer-to-peer rental app called Turo and picked the vehicle up in Houston on Dec. 30. He drove to New Orleans the following day and during the drive, posted five videos to his Facebook account, Raia said.
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