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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.S. Army Veteran Who Killed 15 in New Orleans Attack Was Inspired by Islamic State [Watch (HLS stream): U.S. Army Veteran Who Killed 15 in New Orleans Attack Was Inspired by Islamic State](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N9Khez8b.m3u8) (2:54)  _Published 2025-01-02. A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, the president said._ --- Jan 2, 2025 8:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [President Trump Says Islamic State Group Leader Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria](/video/8we5TVpd/) ### President Trump Says Islamic State Group Leader Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria [U.S. Special Envoy To Syria Says Islamic State Detainees Top Priority](/video/6ZIEj1yq/) ### U.S. Special Envoy To Syria Says Islamic State Detainees Top Priority [Three U.S. Army Commandos Have Been Killed in Niger](/video/7sXuDL8T/) ### Three U.S. Army Commandos Have Been Killed in Niger --- ## Transcript First and foremost, let me be very clear about this point. This was an act of terrorism. It was premeditated and an evil act. This was obviously a critical incident, and with that lots of information and tips come pouring in from law enforcement, first responders, and the public. But at this point, currently, and this is another position, another fact I want to be clear on, we do not assess at this point that anyone else involved in this attack is involved in this attack except for Shamsa Din Jabar, the subject you've already been briefed on. So far, we have received just over 400 tips from the public, and that information is being followed up on both here in New Orleans and across the country. Some of the tips are here in New Orleans and there are other tips in other states across the country that we are following up on. At this point, investigators believe Jabar picked up the rented F 150 in Houston, Texas on December 30. He then drove from Houston to New Orleans on the evening of the 31st, and he posted several videos to an online platform proclaiming his support for ISIS. FBI bomb technicians also recovered two IEDs in coolers, one from the cross section of Bourbon and Orleans Street, and the second at an intersection approximately two blocks away. As you know, there's also an FBI investigation in Las Vegas. We are following up on all potential leads and not ruling everything out. However, at this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas. And again, I'll preface, as I close, I'll preface everything with what I started with in the beginning, which was this is very early in an investigation like this. We know that he specifically picked out Bourbon Street. Not quite sure why. I mean, I think one can assume that it was lots of people New Year's Eve, you know, with a you know, a target for an attack. That's the stuff in the coming days as far as that path to radicalization that we're really going to be digging into and making a priority making a priority of. So what I can't tell you right now is that he was 100% inspired by ISIS. And so we're digging we're digging through more of the social media, more interviews, working with some of our other partners to ascertain just how to ascertain a little bit more about that connection. What's going on in this city in this state is twofold. 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