BREAKING: Driver of pickup truck who drove into crowd, killing 10, dead in New Orleans as FBI finds IED on scene

The incident occured in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, at about 3:15 am. At least 10 were killed, 30 injured, including 2 police officers who were wounded in the gun fight. The truck was an electric vehicle which appeared to have a flagpole on the back. A jacket was seen hanging from that pole while earlier photos showed a "black flag" hanging from it, per The Daily Mail.

The FBI was requested by local authorities and that agency has set up a command center to investigate the incident. They discovered improvised explosive devices, Fox News reports. At about 8:30 am, a "small explosion" went off in the French Quarter which was a detonation by the bomb squad. New Orleans police said the driver had engaged in "intentional behavior."

"It was very intentional behavior," NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said. "This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could." The identity of the suspect is not yet known.

"This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could," Kirkpatrick said. "He was hellbent on creating the carnage that he did."

"Federal law enforcement and intelligence had warned police around the country that low-tech vehicle ramming was a key area of concern and that they needed to prepare," ABC reported. This ramming incident follows a similar one at a Christmas market in Germany on December 20.

New Orleans called it a "mass casualty incident" and said that the 30 who were injured were transported from the scene to University Medical Center, Touro Hospital, East Jefferson General Hospital, Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson Campus and Ochsner Baptist Campus.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city had been the victim of a "terrorist attack," but FBI Special Agent Aletha Duncan had said previously that it was "not a terrorist attack." Later, the FBI said in a release that they were investigating the attack "as an act of terrorism."

"The subject then engaged with local law enforcement and is now deceased," the FBI said in a statement. "The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism."

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said it was "a horrific act of violence" and urged everyone to stay away from the area.

Reports from the scene say that it was the driver of a white truck that drove into the crowd before that driver got out of the truck and started firing into the crowd he'd just plowed into. Police returned fire. The 30 who were injured were transported to local hospitals while others were treated on the ground at the scene.

This is a developing story.