At least 15 Killed and more injured after driver drives into crowd on Bourbon Street

[Deadd2009]

I had to text my buddy who lives near New Orleans to make sure she was okay. She lives 20 minutes or so away from where the attack was.

 

[Chris]

New Orleans Truck Attack: Live Updates as Investigators Seek Answers

Security in the city was tighter ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which was rescheduled after a man drove into a crowd and killed at least 14 people.

www.nytimes.com

Investigators on Thursday said they now believe the U.S. Army veteran who plowed a pickup into New Year’s revelers acted alone, after previously saying they were looking into whether other people might have helped him plant explosives in coolers in the French Quarter.

“We’re confident, at this point, that there are no accomplices,” Christopher Raia of the F.B.I.’s counterterrorism division said in a news conference. New Orleans officials said they were moving to reopen Bourbon Street and were confident in the security precautions they had taken for the Sugar Bowl, which was rescheduled for this afternoon.

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured by the attack in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Investigators identified the truck driver, who was killed in a shootout with the police, as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, of Beaumont, Texas.

He said in a video posted online that he had joined the Islamic State terrorist group, Mr. Raia said, and had originally planned to hurt his relatives and friends, but worried about how that would be interpreted by the news media. “He was 100 percent inspired by ISIS,” Mr. Raia said.

There is no definitive connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion of a Tesla truck that killed one person outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Mr. Raia said, but cautioned that investigators have not ruled anything out.

 

[Road Runner]

New Orleans Truck Attack: Live Updates as Investigators Seek Answers

Security in the city was tighter ahead of the Sugar Bowl, which was rescheduled after a man drove into a crowd and killed at least 14 people.

www.nytimes.com

Investigators on Thursday said they now believe the U.S. Army veteran who plowed a pickup into New Year’s revelers acted alone, after previously saying they were looking into whether other people might have helped him plant explosives in coolers in the French Quarter.

“We’re confident, at this point, that there are no accomplices,” Christopher Raia of the F.B.I.’s counterterrorism division said in a news conference. New Orleans officials said they were moving to reopen Bourbon Street and were confident in the security precautions they had taken for the Sugar Bowl, which was rescheduled for this afternoon.

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured by the attack in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Investigators identified the truck driver, who was killed in a shootout with the police, as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, of Beaumont, Texas.

He said in a video posted online that he had joined the Islamic State terrorist group, Mr. Raia said, and had originally planned to hurt his relatives and friends, but worried about how that would be interpreted by the news media. “He was 100 percent inspired by ISIS,” Mr. Raia said.

There is no definitive connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion of a Tesla truck that killed one person outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Mr. Raia said, but cautioned that investigators have not ruled anything out.

Just as I thought. A person supporting terrorists killing in their name. Disgusting.

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/05/nx-s1-5249046/fbi-new-orleans-attack

The FBI has revealed that the man who allegedly carried out the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans had recently visited the city twice beforehand, and used "smart glasses" to record video of the area he later targeted.

In a press conference on Sunday, Lyonel Myrthil, the FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office, said that Shamsud-Din Jabbar had traveled to New Orleans just weeks ahead of the attack that killed 14 people and injured many more.

One trip took place in October, while the other was in November. Myrthil also said Jabbar had ridden through the city's French Quarter on a bicycle wearing smart glasses made by Ray-Ban that are capable of recording video and are connected to a user's Facebook account.