The FBI now believes that the suspect responsible for driving through Bourbon Street in the early hours of Jan. 1 acted alone.

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FBI says they now believe suspect in New Orleans terror attack acted alone

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After the deadly vehicle attack in New Orleans, the FBI has changed its view on a key point. They now believe the suspect likely acted alone.

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As recently as Wednesday, Jan. 1, authorities believed this was not the case. They said they changed their assessment after hundreds of interviews and reviewing the suspect’s messages.

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New Year’s in New Orleans took a deadly turn at around 3 a.m. when a suspect drove a rented pickup truck through the streets and then opened fire on pedestrians.

Police arrested Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, after the attack. Prior to the attack on Tuesday, Dec. 31, Jabbar posted videos to his Facebook page pledging allegiance to the terror group ISIS, and police found the group’s flag inside his car.

Jabbar’s brother told The New York Times that the suspect was raised Christian and converted to Islam.

Jabbar’s niece joined Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, speaking under the username “bruhbabe11″ about her uncle. She said he changed roughly five years ago after separating from his second wife.

“I think your analysis of the narrative of him being a divorced dad and having all that stress and the money stress is the actual cause of the issues,” Jabbar’s niece said. “And then you just needed some sort of scapegoat, I guess, or some reason to be so drastic.”

Among the 15 people killed in the attack were a nursing student, a father, and a former college football player.

Law enforcement officials have also said there is “no definitive link” to another vehicle-related attack in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, an attacker exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Both used the car-sharing app Turo to rent the vehicles in their attacks. In a statement, The company says they are “heartbroken” by the attacks and are working with law enforcement on both incidents.

Tags: Crime, Domestic terrorism, FBI, New Orleans, Terrorism, Terrorist Attack

LAUREN TAYLOR: As Bourbon Street reopens after the deadly vehicle attack killing 15 people on New Year’s Eve, the FBI has changed its view on one key point: they now believe the suspect likely acted alone.

As recently as Wednesday, law enforcement authorities believed this was not the case but changed their assessment after hundreds of interviews and reviewing the suspect’s messages.

New Year’s in New Orleans took a deadly turn at around 3 am, when the suspect drove a rented pickup truck through the streets and then opened fire on pedestrians.

Police arrested Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran, after the attack. On Tuesday evening before the attack, Jabbar posted videos to his Facebook page pledging allegiance to the terror group ISIS, and police found the group’s flag inside his car.

Jabbar’s brother told The New York Times that the suspect was raised Christian and converted to Islam.

Jabbar’s niece joined Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, speaking under the username “bruhbabe11” [bruh-babe-eleven] about her uncle and saying that he changed roughly five years ago, after separating from his second wife.

BruhBabe11 / Niece of New Orleans attack suspect: I think your analysis of the narrative of him being a divorced dad and having all that stress and the money stress is the actual cause of the issues. And then you just needed some sort of scapegoat, I guess, or some reason to be so drastic.

LAUREN TAYLOR: Among the 15 people killed in the attack were a nursing student, a father of two and a former college football player.

Law enforcement officials also believe the attack had no relation to another vehicle-related attack in Las Vegas, where an attacker exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Both used the car sharing rental app Turo for the vehicles in their attacks. In a statement, The company says they are “heartbroken” by the attacks and working with law enforcement on both incidents.

For Straight Arrow News, I’m Lauren Taylor.

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