Investigators initially suspected that the driver had accomplices but dismissed this idea after they combed through his social media and phones, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cristopher Raia said during a press conference. "We're being as transparent and we possibly can," Raia said. "We're confident at this point that there were no accomplices," he said. Raia said that it was as of yet unclear how the suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had been radicalized but that it was clear that he was a sympathizer of the "Islamic State" (IS) group.
U.S. authorities believe the perpetrator may have held extreme Islamist beliefs. The FBI said that it found "no definitive link" between the attack in Louisiana and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on the same day.
Early in the morning of New Years' Day, a man rammed a car into a crowd in New Orleans' busy Canal and Bourbon Streets. Sixteen people were killed, including the suspect, who died in a shootout with police.
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