‘Deeply saddened’: Ford CEO Jim Farley on Bourbon Road assault

Ford CEO Jim Farley responded Wednesday to the terrorist assault in New Orleans.

The terrorist assault occurred early Wednesday morning in New Orleansthe place the FBI mentioned suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed by way of a rented white Ford van down the town’s well-known Bourbon Road amid New Yr’s festivities, leaving 14 individuals lifeless and a number of other dozen others injured.

“New Orleans…we’re deeply saddened by this violent assault,” mentioned the CEO of Ford wrote on X. “Our ideas are with the victims and injured, their households and the rescuers.”

Ford “is and can proceed to work in full cooperation with authorities,” Farley mentioned.

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FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia mentioned Thursday that Jabbar “picked up the rented F-150 in Houston, Texas, on December 30” earlier than heading to New Orleans.

A police officer patrols New Orleans’ French Quarter Thursday after an assault Wednesday by a person driving a truck on Bourbon Road. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

The rental of the car was organized by The Turo platform.

In the meantime, a Tesla Cybertruck loaded with gasoline cans and fireworks mortars exploded the identical day in Las Vegas. It was additionally rented by way of the platform.

A Turo spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to Fox Information that the peer-to-peer car-sharing firm was “heartbroken by the violence in New Orleans and Las Vegas.”

“We’re actively cooperating with regulation enforcement authorities as they examine each incidents. We don’t consider the tenants concerned within the Las Vegas and New Orleans assaults had felony histories that will have recognized them as a safety risk We stay dedicated to sustaining the very best requirements of danger administration, by way of our world-class belief and safety applied sciences and our groups which embody skilled veterans. regulation enforcement,” mentioned the Turo spokesperson.

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Raia mentioned Thursday that “at this level there is no such thing as a definitive hyperlink between the assault right here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” noting that it was “very early” within the investigation .

Police checkpoints are seen on and round Bourbon Road in New Orleans after a car crashed right into a crowd Wednesday. (Patt Little/Anadolu through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, died on Bourbon Road after an trade of gunfire with the policein keeping with the FBI. The company mentioned an ISIS flag, weapons and a possible IED have been present in his rented truck after the assault.

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Raia mentioned the Bourbon Road suspect “posted a number of movies to a web-based platform proclaiming his assist for ISIS” whereas touring to New Orleans.

Margaret Kerkman contributed to this report.