FBI Carries Out Search of Houston Location Connected to New Orleans Attack

‘At this time, there is no threat to residents in that area,’ the bureau says.

FBI investigators arrive at the scene where the white Ford F-150 pickup truck crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. Matthew Hinton / AFP via Getty Images

The FBI said on Thursday that it carried out a search of a location in Houston it believes is connected to the suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that left at least 15 dead.

A day earlier, the FBI identified Shamsud-Din Jabbar, of Texas, as the suspect behind the attack. Jabbar died in a shootout with police after ramming a truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in the early morning hours of Jan. 1 before exiting the vehicle and opening fire at police, according to officials.