The FBI says their agents and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are currently conducting law enforcement activity in Houston in relation to the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on Wednesday morning.
The agency says their personnel and specialized teams will be at the location near the intersection of Hugh Road and Crescent Peak Drive in north Houston for several hours.
The FBI has secured a perimeter, and the public is asked to avoid the area.
Because of the ongoing investigation, the FBI declined to provide further information.
Fifteen people were killed and dozens more were injured when a man intentionally drove down Bourbon Street early New Year’s morning, authorities say.
The FBI identified the man as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who is reportedly a Houston resident.
“He was hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
According to Kirkpatrick, around 3:15 a.m., the man drove a pickup truck around the barricades blocking Bourbon Street and drove down the street at a fast pace, “trying to run over as many people as he possibly could.”
Once the driver crashed, he opened fire on officers, Kirkpatrick said. Two officers were struck and taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The FBI says officers returned fire, and the man died at the scene.
