Transcript of BREAKING: New Orleans Terrorist Attack | 1.1.25

I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's January first, and this is a Morning Wire Breaking News Report.

This event started at about 3:15. It did involve a man driving a pickup truck down Bourbon Street at a very fast pace, and it was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could.

Tragic news to start the year. At least 10 people are dead and dozens more are injured after a man drove a pickup truck through a New Orleans New Year's Eve celebration in what officials are calling a terrorist attack. Here are the latest developments as DailyWire senior editor Kabbit Phillips. Hey, Kabbit, so a disturbing story to start the new year, to say the least. More details are emerging by the minute. What do we know so far?

Well, it was around 3:15 early this morning when a man intentionally drove his pickup truck through Bourbon Street in the New Orleans French Quarter, which was packed with folks celebrating the new year. A prime target for someone if they're trying to inflict as much harm as possible. As he drove, the suspect fired shots out of his window before coming to a stop and exchanging fire with police. The suspect was killed quickly by responding officers, but not before he had killed 10 people and injured at least 35 others, including two officers who were hit with gunfire. Video captured at the scene shows the absolute carnage with first responders and Good Samaritans performing CPR on victims as stunned partygoers witnessed the scene in shock. Here's New Orleans Police Commissioner, Anne Kripatrick.

He was hell-bipped on creating the carnage and the damage that he did. Because of the nature and the indices that we have on this scene, and we have enough information that the FBI will be taking over this investigation.

We're now learning that the horrifying attack could have been even worse. Once the suspect was taken down, law enforcement began sweeping the surrounding area. According to multiple FBI sources, at least two potential explosive devices were found and safely detonated. Officers also found a separate large ice chest in the truck with a number of explosive devices which had not yet gone off.

So lives appear to have been saved by officers' swift action here.

Thankfully, yes.

This is all developing rapidly, of course. But what have we learned at this point about the suspect?

Well, according to Nolan News, the terrorist has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsu Din Jibr, an American from Texas. Authorities say he was wearing full military gear at the time of the attack and was carrying a black ISIS flag in his truck. So early reports do seem to indicate ties to radical Islam. In the hours after the attack, law enforcement also responded to a residential fire at a New Orleans Airbnb. It's there that they believe the suspect had been staying. It's unclear at the moment if that fire was intended to destroy evidence or it could have been set off by an explosive device. Authorities say they're now working to find out if Jibrar was working alone or had accomplices. Specifically, they're looking into the rental truck used in the attack and if someone else rented it on his behalf. To that point, Fox News is reporting that authorities believe there are four or five other suspects involved in the attack. President Trump responded to the incident Wednesday morning, writing on Truth Social, Our hearts are with all of the incident victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department. The Trump administration will fully support the city of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil.

This is obviously developing stories, so we'll have more updates in the hours and days to come.

Indeed, meanwhile, our prayers go out to all the victims and their families. Kevin, thanks so much for reporting.

Anytime.

Again, we'll have more on this story as more details emerge.