New Orleans’s famed Bourbon Street reopened for business on Thursday, one day after a man crashed his pickup truck into crowds of New Year’s revelers, killing at least 14 people before he was shot dead by police. Investigators now believe the assailant, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Houston, Texas, acted alone. He served in the U.S. Army for over a decade, including at North Carolina’s Fort Liberty, previously known as Fort Bragg.
The FBI says he was inspired by the Islamic State and pledged his allegiance to the group in Facebook videos just hours before the attack. Authorities say Jabbar had expressed plans to harm his family by gathering relatives for a “celebration,” before deciding to attack Bourbon Street instead.