FBI Says New Orleans Truck Attack Was ‘Evil Act’ of Terrorism Carried Out By Lone Suspect

The FBI said that the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck attack that killed at least 14 people likely acted alone.

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 14 people were killed when a person drove into the crowd in New Orleans in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, on Jan. 1, 2025. Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

A senior FBI official told reporters on Jan. 2 that the agency believes the suspect who killed more than a dozen people by driving a truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers acted alone to carry out an “evil act” of terror.

Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counter-terrorism division, said at the New Orleans press conference on Jan. 2 that 14 people had been killed and at least 35 injured in what he said was a “senseless attack.”