FBI Is Analyzing 5 Devices Belonging To New Orleans Attacker: 'We Have a Much Better Picture Of What We're Dealing With'

Shamsud Din Jabbar (Credit: AFP)

FBI authorities are currently going through several devices belonging to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the attacker who rammed through a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14 people before dying in a shootout with law enforcement.

Speaking in a press conference, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counter-terrorism division Christopher Raia called the attack a "premeditated and evil act" and provided a series of updates on the ongoing investigation.