Iran Press/America: On New Year's Day, a vehicle plowed into a crowd of New Orleans celebrants, resulting in the deaths of 10 individuals and injuries to 35 others. The FBI is currently probing this incident as a potential act of terrorism.
A man who drove a pickup truck into New Year's revellers in New Orleans tried to "run over as many people as he possibly could," US police said.
According to Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, the driver was determined to cause the chaos and destruction that ensued.
Witnesses told CBS News that a truck drove into crowds at high speed before the driver exited and opened fire, prompting police to return fire.
"This man, this perpetrator, fired on our officers from his vehicle when he crashed his vehicle. Two of our officers have been shot. They are stable," Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told a news conference.
The suspect in a New Orleans crash and shooting is dead after a firefight with police, law enforcement officials told.
