On New Yr’s Day, 15 folks had been killed and 30 had been injured after a automobile drove right into a crowd celebrating 2025 within the French Quarter. The cops have their suspect who has since been described as a “terrorist.” Nonetheless, his profile describes him as fairly the alternative.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was recognized by the FBI because the suspected driver who plowed by means of Bourbon and Canal streets in New Orleans after the ball dropped. Authorities additionally mentioned he was an Military veteran and U.S. born citizen. The Houston native defined in a YouTube video he spent 10 years within the service as a human sources specialist and knowledge know-how specialist.
Within the video, he additionally made his pitch as an actual property agent, noting he was a property supervisor at Blue Meadow Properties. ABC Information discovered he labored for Ernst & Younger and Deloitte, two of the nation’s largest skilled providers companies, whereas making an attempt to develop his actual property enterprise.
Data additionally present he had a divorce in 2012 the place his ex-wife sued him for baby help for his or her two daughters who had been eight and three years outdated on the time, ABC studies. The next yr he remarried. Nonetheless, he received divorced once more in 2016 from his second spouse noting their marriage was “irretrievably damaged,” the report says.
He remarried as soon as extra in 2017 and had a son. Nonetheless, it resulted in one other divorce dispute over monetary difficulties, paperwork say by way of ABC. By 2022, Jabbar was sending panicked emails to his spouse’s legal professional about attainable foreclosures on their home.
On New Yr’s Day, the seemingly unsuspecting businessman with a historical past of relationship troubles allegedly claimed the lives of over a dozen folks. Authorities mentioned they discovered an ISIS flag, weapons and explosives inside his Ford pickup truck. When apprehended by native legislation enforcement, police confirmed he was fatally shot in a standoff with authorities.
The FBI shouldn’t be ready to verify if he acted alone.