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Law enforcement officials said they did they believe that Shamsud-Din Jabbar is solely responsible for the deadly New Year’s Eve attack in New Orleans.
Jabbar, 42, killed at least 14 people and injured dozens after he avoided police barriers and crashed his truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday morning. Police shot and killed Jabbar.
The FBI is now investigating a possible connection between Jabbar, an American citizen and a military veteran, and the driver in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas which happened just a few hours earlier. Matthew LivelsbergerThe 37-year-old former Army veteran from Colorado Springs was reportedly behind the wheel when the vehicle exploded, according to local media reports. Livelsberger and Jabbar are believed to have served at the same military base, sources said said Denver7.
Officials found no “definitive” evidence linking the two attacks together.
President Joe Biden said that Jabbar was “inspired by ISIS” and had a “desire to kill. He said, “I know, while this person made a terrible attack on the city, the spirit of our New Orleans will never, never, never be defeated. It will always shine.”
The FBI is digging through social media for clues about Jabbar
New information suggests that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was motivated by religious fanaticism.
Officials are now combing social media to understand more about what drove a Texas man to ram his truck into a group of civilians in New Orleans.
“What I can tell you right now is that it was 100 percent inspired by ISIS, and so we’re digging, we’re digging through more social media, more interviews, we’re working with some of our other partners to determine a little bit more,” Deputy FBI Assistant Director Christopher Rai.
Josh Marcus2 January 2025 19:00
WATCH: New Orleans gunman believed in ‘war between believers and unbelievers’
Josh Marcus2 January 2025 18:40
Biden convenes the homeland security team in the situation room for a briefing shortly after noon
President Joe Biden called members of his homeland security team into the situation room to receive an update on the attack in New Orleans around 12:15 a.m. ET Thursday, a senior White House press secretary said.
James Liddell2 January 2025 18:20
Trump slammed Biden after the New Orleans attack
James Liddell2 January 2025 18:00
Brother says New Orleans terror suspect converted to Islam long ago: ‘This is more of a radicalization’
The brother of the suspect in the New Orleans terror attack said his actions were the result of “some kind of radicalization” and “do not represent Islam.”
Just after 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day, police say 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans before opening fire, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more. Jabbar, who was killed in a shootout with police, had an ISIS flag in his truck. He also posted several videos on Facebook hours before the attack in which he “pledged allegiance to ISIS.”
The FBI is now investigating the attack as an “act of terrorism.”
Katie Hawkinson it has a story.
James Liddell2 January 2025 17:40
The governor hopes to provide a full timeline of events early next week
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said authorities may be able to “walk everyone through” the timeline of the incident by early next week and said it was “extremely premature” to release details.
“I hope so, as some additional time passes [by]maybe closer to the beginning of next week, if we’ve got it all buttoned up, I’d work with the FBI and the city, and maybe we can come up with a timeline to get you that information,” Landry told reporters.
“I kind of walk everyone from day one.”
James Liddell2 January 2025 17:19
Governor calls New Orleans ‘one of the safest places on Earth’
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said New Orleans is “one of the safest places on Earth.”
After being questioned by a reporter who said that just 12 hours ago the FBI had told those in New Orleans to be on the lookout, the governor noted that the information was subject to change.
“Everyone lives in a 15-second TikTok video,” Landry said. “We think life works like it does on our cell phones, and it just doesn’t.”
He later added: “Guess what I know right now, this is one of the safest places on Earth. That doesn’t mean nothing can happen.”
Josh Marcus2 January 2025 17:07
Bourbon Street will reopen before the Sugar Bowl, the mayor says
Bourbon Street should be open before the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Allstate Sugar Bowl this afternoon, the mayor of New Orleans said.
LaToya Cantrell said the city was working to reopen the street by 2:30 p.m. local time.
James Liddell2 January 2025 16:59
The mayor of New Orleans says the victims were identified after they were removed from Bourbon Street
LaToya Cantrell, the mayor of New Orleans, said the victims had been identified and their families notified as their bodies were removed from Bourbon Street.
“The FBI was able to clear Bourbon Street,” Cantrell said.
“That meant … we were able to remove our victims, identify them and notify their families.”
James Liddell2 January 2025 16:55
“There is no definitive link” between the Las Vegas truck explosion and the New Orleans attack, the FBI says
“As you know, there is also an FBI investigation in Las Vegas,” said Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division.
“We follow all potential leads and do not exclude everything. However, at this time there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas.”
James Liddell2 January 2025 16:46