FBI reveals identity of jihadist who killed 15 persons on New Year day in New Orleans
The FBI late Wednesday released a more recent photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect in the New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed 15 people and injured others.
The FBI said 42-year-old Jabbar is a U.S. citizen and Army veteran from Texas.
“FBI special agents and our law enforcement partners are currently conducting a number of court-authorized search warrants in New Orleans and other states,” the bureau said in a statement. “The FBI’s Evidence Response Team continues to process the crime scene to meticulously gather all relevant evidence.”
The FBI said it plans to turn over the Bourbon Street crime scene to local authorities early Thursday morning.
President Biden said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans 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 driver killed 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police.
The FBI said it does not believe the driver acted alone. Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in the vehicle along with other devices elsewhere in the French Quarter.