A GUNMAN "hellbent on creating carnage" killed twelve people after ramming his truck through a crowd in a terror attack in New Orleans at about 3:15 AM local time January 1.
The city's famed Bourbon Street became a bloodbath as the gunman plowed his white Ford Pick-Up truck into crowds celebrating the New Year before jumping out of the truck and opening fire.
Various witnesses claim he was wearing army fatigues and full body armor. He was shot dead when Police returned fire.
According to witnesses, the drive went around barricades designed to prevent vehicles from entering, sped down the street, intentionally ramming as many people as he could.
Dead bodies and body parts were strewn for over a block.
When that vehicle slammed into a lift device vehicle, the driver reportedly exited the truck and began firing a rifle at people and police. Police returned fire, killing the man.
Reports also claim - but have not yet been corroborated -- that the Ford Pick-Up truck was displaying a large black colored flag via a trailer-hitch-mount flag pole. Some reports CLAIM it may have been the ISIS (Terror Group) Flag. This, too, has not yet been corroborated.
Numerous reports from the investigation are saying explosive devices were also found in the Ford pick-up truck.
FBI and other agencies are already on scene and investigating. More information is expected later today.
UPDATE 12:13 PM EST --
Federal law enforcement confirms the White Ford Pick-up truck with Texas license plates, crossed the border into Texas, from Mexico, two days ago. The plate was imaged by automated license plate readers at the border.
IT IS NOT KNOWN if the person driving that truck across the border from Mexico is the same person involved in the New Orleans attack.
The incident happened around 3:15 a.m. at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville, local news station WGNO reported.
