Army vet who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by terror group

A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, the president said.

The FBI said it was investigating the attack as a terrorist act. In the early Wednesday attack, a driver steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot to death by police. The FBI said it does not believe the driver acted alone.