The suspect who drove a vehicle into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans, killing 10 and injuring 30 on New Year’s Day has been killed in a firefight with police, law enforcement officials tell the AP.
The officials are not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and speak to AP on condition of anonymity.
The mass casualty incident was described by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell as a “terrorist attack,” while the city’s police chief says the act was clearly intentional. An assistant FBI agent, however, declares that it was “not a terrorist event.”
The news conference ends before authorities can reconcile the two characterizations.
Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Orleans field office, adds that officials are investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene.
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