Suspect identified after driver kills ten, injures dozens in Bourbon Street truck attack
Police sources identified the attacker as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42

At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Police sources identified the driver as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar of Texas. He reportedly jumped out of the vehicle and opened fire on police after hitting the crowd early Wednesday morning. The brief shootout ended with the suspect dead at the scene, authorities confirmed. Police say 35 people have been transported to five hospitals across the city after suffering injuries from the attack.

Sources say there was an ISIS flag inside Jabbar’s vehicle during the attack. Authorities are still seeking up to five other individuals in relation to the attack.

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