Driver of pickup truck that rammed into people in French Quarter shot dead after exchanging gunfire with policeNew Orleans vehicle attack – latest updatesAt least 15 people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a vehicle flying an Islamic State (IS) flag drove into a crowd in New Orleans’s tourist district in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to officials.The FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas, drove a Ford pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on New Orleans’s famous Bourbon Street at about 3.15am. He then got out and fired bullets at police – injuring two – before they shot him to death. Continue reading...