A man who New Orleans police said was “hell-bent” on driving a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers on the city’s famed Bourbon Street is dead, the FBI, which is now investigating the incident as an act of terrorism, confirmed Wednesday.
“This morning, an individual drove a car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing a number of people and injuring dozens of others,” the FBI said in a statement. “The subject then engaged with local law enforcement and is now deceased. The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism.”
The FBI’s report came after several news outlets, quoting local and federal authorities, reported that the man died after the police shootout.
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