PULSE-POUNDING bodycam footage captures the terrifying moment when a domestic terrorist fired at police officers following a ramming incident involving a pickup truck and a group of New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans.
In the footage, multiple officers can be seen scrambling for cover as Shamsud-Din Jabbar engaged in a shootout with the New Orleans police on Bourbon Street, firing off numerous rounds on January 1.
The intense video commenced with four officers approaching Jabbar’s white Ford F-150 Lightning after he circumvented a police security checkpoint on Bourbon Street, using the sidewalk to bypass the barrier and tragically causing the deaths of 14 individuals among the New Year’s Day crowd.
“Keep your hands up,” officers shout with their their guns drawn at Jabbar.
Seconds later, shots ring out, and at least three police officers dive to the ground, attempting to shield themselves from gunfire.
Jabbar, 42, was killed in the exchange.
In the days following the attack, the FBI pieced together Jabbar’s plan minute-by-minute.
Cops said he was trying to “run over as many people as he possibly could.”
Officials determined he intentionally rammed into victims with a white pickup truck that he rented in Houston, Texas, the day before, less than 30 miles northeast of a property he owned in Sugar Land.
In the months before the attack, Jabbar traveled from his Texas home to stay in New Orleans twice and scoped out the city using Meta glasses.
He also used the cyber glasses when he carried out the New Year’s rampage and had them on his person when he died.
However, the FBI said he didn’t activate the specs that day.
After the terror attack, bodies were left lying in the street for hours as officials investigated the scene.
Cops recovered pipe bombs wired for remote detonation within coolers in the truck Jabbar drove, along with an Islamic State flag and at least three phones.
They also discovered Jabbar had posted five videos to social media before the attack saying he was inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group.
“This is not just an act of terrorism,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
Who was Shamsud Din Jabbar?
THE man police suspect drove his car into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revellers in New Orleans was 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
He is believed to have killed 14 people in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack before cops shot him dead.
More details are emerging about the US Army veteran who was born and lived in Texas.
Jabbar had a criminal history after being arrested in Katy, Texas, in 2002 for misdemeanor theft.
He was also arrested in 2005 for driving without an invalid license.
Documents viewed by The U.S. Sun confirmed Jabbar held a real estate license from 2019 until it expired in February 2021.
In a YouTube video uploaded on May 12, 2020, Jabbar introduced himself as a Team Lead for the Midas Group and Property Manager at Blue Meadow Properties.
He shared that he was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, but was living in Houston at the time of the video.
During his 10-year stint in the Army, Jabbar said he served as a human resources specialist and IT specialist from 2007 to 2015.
He was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.
Between 2015 and 2020 he served in the Army Reserve as an IT specialist, the Army said.
Jabbar is a dad to two daughters and had two previous wives.
It’s unclear when his second divorce happened, but court files show that a restraining order was granted against him in 2020.
The New York Times reported a court document that the suspect filed in August 2022 as part of a divorce proceeding said he worked at the accounting firm Deloitte and made about $120,000 a year.
A ISIS flag was found in the truck by cops following the attack after it had been attached to a pole on the truck’s trailer hitch, the FBI said.
Jabbar had only converted to Islam within the last year and was “being all crazy” the new husband of his ex-wife said, the New York Times reports.Â
“This is evil.”
New Orleans’ police underwent a transformation in recent years that allowed them to react quickly to the horrific scene, Rafael Goyeneche, a Louisiana native and president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, exclusively told The U.S. Sun.
Goyeneche said the cops had “an automatic response based on the training and the culture change that’s occurred in the city over the past 12 years.”
Despite the quick reactions from officials, the city was quickly brought under fire as residents questioned how Jabbar was able to drive directly onto the iconic street.
On Thursday, six people who were hurt and the dad of a man killed in the attack filed a lawsuit against the city and two contractors claiming they failed to protect the people on the street, according to the Associated Press.
Kirkpatrick responded to the backlash on Friday and said she won’t step down.
“I believe I can be that person to lead us forward,” Kirkpatrick said.
DAYS OF TERROR
2025 has begun with a series of shocking incidents in the US sparking terror across the country.
Just three hours into the New Year, a driver deliberately plowed a pickup truck through crowds of revelers in New Orleans.
The suspected driver, Shamsud Din Jabbar, killed 14 people when he purposely drove into pedestrians in the French Quarter, before being killed himself in a firefight with police.
A further 35 were injured in the terror attack, believed to be inspired by the ISIS terror group, which Jabbar had pledged allegiance to earlier this year.
Jabbar is believed to have acted alone after authorities earlier said they were hunting for suspected accomplices.
He drove from his home in Houston, Texas, to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, posting several videos online proclaiming his support for ISIS, the FBI said on Thursday.
Later on Wednesday, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
One person – the driver – was killed in the blast while seven bystanders were wounded.
The driver has been named as 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, a US Army Green Beret who served at the same military base as Jabbar.
He lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and rented the Cybertruck through Turo, the same vehicle-sharing app used to rent the pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack.
However, at this point, the FBI says there is no confirmed link between Livelsberger and Jabbar.
On Thursday, January 2, there was a major lockdown around the US Capitol after a vehicle was spotted driving erratically on the sidewalk.
The driver was subsequently arrested and charged with dangerous driving.
It comes as DC plans to host several major events in the coming days, including the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter and the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
New Orleans is also hosting a number of mass events in the next few weeks, including the Sugar Bowl college football playoff, the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, and Essence Festival.
