🇺🇸⚡️- Strangely, the Assistant Special Agent of the New Orleans FBI claims this was NOT a terrorist incident.

🇺🇸⚡️- The press briefing has ended without questions being taken. Another press briefing is scheduled for 12PM EST.

🇺🇸⚡️- Bourbon Street in New Orleans has been cordoned off and closed for the rest of the day due to the terrorist attack.

🇺🇸⚡️- The FBI is investigating reports of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the scene of the attack.

🇺🇸⚡️- Explosives were found in the suspect's car, which are being examined to determine if they are real or fake.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The attacker was trying to run over as many people as possible." - FOX News.

🇺🇸⚡️- Earlier scenes from New Orleans, Louisiana. Massive law enforcement presence in the French Quarter.

🇺🇸⚡- Reminder that the Superbowl is happening in New Orleans’ Superdome on February 9th.

🇺🇸⚡️- The FBI has clarified on the remarks given by Assistant Special Agent Duncan, stating this is a terrorist attack.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Local New Orleans media say the attacker is dead.

🇺🇸⚡️- Photo of the attacker's pickup truck on Bourbon Street, New Orleans.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The perpetrator of the New Orleans attack was killed in an exchange of fire with the police, and there is no information about his identity yet." - ABC News, citing New Orleans Police Department officials.

🇺🇸⚡️- A bomb squad van has arrived on Bourbon Street, recorded by EarthCam livestream footage in New Orleans.

🇺🇸⚡️- Bomb squad van arriving on Bourbon Street, New Orleans.

🇺🇸 - The IEDs are real.

🇺🇸⚡️- New Orleans police has confirmed 35 injuries, an increase from the previous 26 reported.

🇺🇸⚡️- Eyewitnesses of the attack in New Orleans report that the attacker slammed his pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street before colliding with an excavator. He then exited his vehicle, armed with an assault rifle and wearing body armor, and began firing at officers.

He was neutralized by NOPD officers shortly after opening fire.

At this time, the suspect has not yet been identified, although this may change in the coming hours.

🇺🇸⚡️- Fox News has is alleging, citing alleged federal sources, that the perpetrator of today's attack in New Orleans crossed the border from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas only two days ago.

President-elect Trump issued a statement hinting at the perpetrator being a criminal migrant.

🇺🇸 - Bear in mind- there is no proof of this as of now. The New Orleans Police Department will be holding a press briefing in one hour on the attack, and the perpetrator may be identified by then.

🇺🇸🏴⚡️- A photo of the deceased attacker has been circulating online. The pickup truck nearby matches the pickup truck used in the attack.

The alleged deceased attacker appears to be of Middle Eastern or Arab origin.

🇺🇸🏴⚡️- BREAKING: Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Billy Nungesser alleges that the pickup truck used in the attack had a black ISIS flag attached on the back.