{"id":2385655,"date":"2025-01-02T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-backtracks-on-claims-new-orleans-attacker-had-accomplices\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:08:08","slug":"fbi-backtracks-on-claims-new-orleans-attacker-had-accomplices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-backtracks-on-claims-new-orleans-attacker-had-accomplices\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI backtracks on claims New Orleans attacker had accomplices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-backtracks-on-claims-new-orleans-attacker-had-accomplices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The FBI has revised its statement regarding the New Year&#8217;s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans, initially indicating that the \u2064suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, may have \u200bhad accomplices. However, FBI Deputy Assistant Director \u2062Christopher Raia has announced that the examination now suggests Jabbar \u200cacted alone, with no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-make-arrest-related-to-hip-hop-stars-tupacs-murder-from-1996\/\" title=\"Police arrest made in connection to Tupac&#039;s 1996 murder.\">additional suspects involved<\/a> in the attack that resulted in the deaths\u2064 of at least 15 people. This change in \u2064stance contrasts with earlier\u2064 comments made by Assistant \u2062Special Agent Althea Duncan, who conveyed that investigators were exploring leads related to Jabbar&#8217;s known associates. Raia emphasized \u200dthat they currently have no evidence supporting the involvement of any other individuals in the attack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI backtracks on claims New Orleans attacker had accomplices<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FBI\">FBI<\/a> officials now believe that the suspect in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-orleans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Orleans\">New Orleans<\/a> terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3273856\/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-on-new-years-day-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"attack\">attack<\/a> on New Year&rsquo;s Day was acting alone after previously saying they believed he had accomplices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said Thursday that investigators believe there are no additional suspects in the Bourbon Street attack, which killed at least 15 people early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the subject you&rsquo;ve already been briefed on,&rdquo; Raia said.<\/p>\n<p>At Wednesday&rsquo;s briefing, Assistant Special Agent Althea Duncan&nbsp;said&nbsp;investigators did not believe Jabbar acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible,&rdquo; said Duncan, who was not present at Thursday&rsquo;s briefing. &ldquo;We are aggressively running down every lead, including those of his known associates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Raia also said officials do not believe the New Orleans terrorist attack is connected to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3273840\/police-investigating-vehicle-fire-trump-hotel-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cybertruck explosion\">Cybertruck explosion<\/a> in Las Vegas but that the investigation is early.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As you know, there&rsquo;s also an FBI investigation in Las Vegas,&rdquo; Raia said. &ldquo;We are following up on all potential leads and not ruling everything out. However, at this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And again, I&rsquo;ll preface as I close, I&rsquo;ll preface everything with what I started with in the beginning, which was this is very early in an investigation like this,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Orleans police and federal agents investigate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-killed-in-suspected-terrorist-attack-in-central-israel\/\" title=\"Three Killed in Suspected Terrorist Attack in Central Israel\">suspected terrorist attack<\/a> on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (Chris Granger\/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While there are few indications of the New Orleans terrorist attack and a Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas being linked, officials have said in the past day it is something they are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans attack occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a truck through crowds of pedestrians on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more. In the Las Vegas incident, Alan Livelsberger, 37, drove up to the entrance of the Trump Tower hotel and, seconds later, had his Tesla Cybertruck explode, injuring seven people. Gas canisters and firework mortars were found in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Both events occurred on New Year&rsquo;s Day and involved vehicles, but they also used the same rental service to get the vehicles. Jabbar and Livelsberger also both served in the military.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Turo, the rental car service, said in a statement Wednesday that the service was &ldquo;actively partnering with law enforcement authorities to share any information that could be helpful in their investigations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson also said that Turo personnel did not believe either man had a &ldquo;criminal background that would have identified them as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-says-tim-walz-is-100-a-threat-to-us-national-security-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kristi Noem says Tim Walz is \u2018100%\u2019 a threat to US national security - Washington Examiner\">security threat&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and did not have &ldquo;any information that indicates the two incidents are related.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3273974\/biden-says-new-orleans-suspect-had-desire-to-kill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> connections between the two attacks were something authorities were examining when he addressed the nation Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">law enforcement intelligence community<\/a> are continuing to look for any connections, associations are co-conspirators,&rdquo; Biden said Wednesday. &ldquo;We have nothing additional reported this time, the investigation is continuing to be active, and no one should jump to conclusions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1927352\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927352\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI now believes New Orleans attacker acted alone, not with accomplices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2385656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/new-orleans-car-attack.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47778,8995,5591,47705],"class_list":["post-2385655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accomplices","tag-attacker","tag-fbi","tag-new-orleans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/new-orleans-car-attack.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385659,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385655\/revisions\/2385659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}