FBI Says No Additional Suspects In New Orleans Terror Attack

The FBI said at a press conference on Thursday that there are no additional suspects in the Islamic terrorist attack on New Orleans’ French Quarter following reports that indicated there were at least four others.

The update from the FBI comes after the Associated Press reported on Wednesday that, according to a Louisiana State Police intelligence bulletin the publication had obtained, “surveillance footage captured three men and a woman placing one of multiple improvised explosive devices” around the French Quarter.

FBI Deputy Assistant Direct Christopher Raia said at the press conference that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen who had converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS before the summer, according to videos obtained by law enforcement.

“We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar,” Raia said.

Raia said the four individuals captured on “surveillance footage” were not suspects, and the FBI wanted to speak with them as potential witnesses.

“FBI bomb technicians also recovered two IEDs in coolers, one from the cross section of Bourbon and Orland Street, and the second at an intersection approximately two blocks away,” he said. “There were multiple reports of other devices. Those reports turned out to be … not actual functioning devices. Those are the only two devices that we’ve been able to recover that were functional.”

“We did obtain surveillance footage showing Jabbar placing the devices where they were found,” he continued. “Let’s be clear, again, we do not believe at this point these people are involved in this incident in any way. We want to speak to them as witnesses and want to know what they saw and when.”

The comments from Raia come after FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), and Governor Jeff Landry said during a press conference on Wednesday that the individuals were suspects who were thought to be connected to the attack.

Jabbar killed at least 14 people during the attack and wounded dozens more when he mowed down his victims with a truck that he rented. He then got out and opened fire with a rifle before being shot and killed by police.