New Orleans Plans To Reopen Bourbon Street

January 1, 2025 5:08 am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is pressing ahead with plans to reopen the city’s famed Bourbon Street as investigators keep digging into the background of the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers, killing 15 people. The FBI said the attack occurred early Wednesday when 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar steered around a police blockade. It’s being investigated as a terrorist act. Investigators believe the driver was inspired by the Islamic State group. Jabbar, who was killed by police, was a U.S. citizen from Texas.