FBI to brief House Homeland Security Committee on New Orleans attack
CBSN
Washington — Members of the House Homeland Security Committee are set to be briefed by the FBI Thursday morning on the attack in New Orleans, in which authorities say a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd in the French Quarter on New Year's Day.
The Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division David Scott will brief the committee members and staff, along with members of the Louisiana congressional delegation, in a call on Thursday morning, according to a committee aide.
The attack, which officials said left at least 15 people dead and injured dozens of others, is being investigated as an act of terrorism, the FBI said. Flying from the truck's rear bumper was a black ISIS flag. The FBI has identified Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old from Texas, as the man driving the vehicle. Jabbar had "posted videos to social media indicating that he was inspired by ISIS, expressing a desire to kill," President Biden said Wednesday.
