Suspect identified as FBI investigates act of terrorism after Bourbon Street attack
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Suspect identified as FBI investigates act of terrorism after Bourbon Street attack

The suspect accused of mowing down a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

Jabbar is a 42-year-old resident of Houston, Texas. Police shot and killed him after he crashed his pickup truck and began to shoot at officers.

A Glock handgun and .308 caliber rifle equipped with optics and a sensor were recovered from the crime scene, according to a high-level source familiar who was not authorized to discus details of the investigation publicly.

An ISIS flag was also found on the pickup truck.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to investigate the Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans.

“Our prayers go out to the victims of this heinous crime in New Orleans. I have been briefed by the Texas Department of Public Safety on this attack and commanded them to get to the bottom of it immediately with a special focus to ensure no one in Texas faces any safety threat,” Abbott said.

“I am treating this as a terrorist attack and will work closely with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas National Guard, and law enforcement at every level to ensure we know exactly what happened, that the danger is contained, and that every detail is analyzed to make sure there is no other attack like this,” he said.

Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News the truck used by the driver to kill 10 people and injure dozens more crossed over the border into Eagle Pass, Texas, on November 16. The identification of the driver who crossed the border does not appear to be the suspect, sources said.

The pickup truck used in the Bourbon Street attack had a Texas license plate.

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