At 3:15 a.m. Wednesday (9:15 a.m. in Portugal), a former U.S. soldier rammed a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30 others. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with authorities.
Images released on Wednesday show the moment when around a dozen police officers patrolling New Year's Eve celebrations in New Orleans, in the US state of Louisiana, noticed the mass accident on Bourbon Street.
In the video from the company Earthcam, which installs cameras in tourist spots, the group of agents is seen in a circle, talking, while passers-by walk calmly.
At a certain point, one of the police officers is informed of the occurrence via radio and points in that direction. The group leaves the place and disappears from the camera's range, as you can see in the gallery above.
At 3:15 a.m. Wednesday (9:15 a.m. in Portugal), a former U.S. soldier rammed a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30 others. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with authorities.
The FBI does not believe the suspect was the "sole perpetrator" and has asked for the public's help in locating other people linked to the crime, which is being investigated "as a possible act of terrorism."
"An ISIS [Islamic State] flag was identified on the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject's possible associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations," the federal police said in a statement.
US President Joe Biden also mentioned that the FBI is investigating whether this attack is linked to the explosion of a Tesla outside President-elect Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas. However, so far, no evidence has been revealed that the two incidents are related.
The mass shooting occurred at a time when the city was packed for the Sugar Bowl, a college football game that is taking place today and is attended by thousands of people.
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