Watch again as New Orleans Police give an update after a gunman drove a car into crowds celebrating the New Year, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more.
The suspect who also opened fire at police is dead, the FBI confirmed. Two officers were struck in the exchange and are now in stable condition.
The FBI is investigating the 3:15 a.m. Wednesday incident where a vehicle drove into a crowd on the famed Bourbon Street in the first hours of New Year’s Day.
The suspect, who has not been identified, acted with “very intentional behavior,” police have said.
The federal agency is now investigating the incident as an “act of terrorism.” New Orleans police said the driver was trying to “run over as many people as he possibly could.”
Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent from the FBI, said officials were investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device.
