We’re not sure what we know about the attack in New Orleans
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A review of the Texas Secretary of State Records by the Texas Newsroom found that Jabbar had started a handful of realty businesses in Texas. Two of them went defunct in recent years.
In a now-removed YouTube video for one of the businesses posted four years ago, Jabbar says he was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and spent all his life in the state except for his time in the military.
He said his years in the military taught him the meaning of great service, what it means to be responsive, and to make sure that things go off without a hitch.
A Georgia State University spokeswoman confirmed that Jabbar graduated with a business administration bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.
A state of emergency has been declared by the governor in New Orleans and a hundred members of the Louisiana National Guard have been called up to provide security.
The order will allow for more state and federal resources to be used for security, since the city plans to have a lot of visitors. The Sugar Bowl is scheduled to take place on Thursday afternoon, with the University of Georgia playing the Notre Dame. New Orleans is getting ready for Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl.
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Police on Wednesday were at Jabbar’s home in northwest Houston, and said it was an active investigation scene. The house is cut off from the road by an iron gate, according to Rob Salinas of Houston Public Media. The neighbor who didn’t know the suspect by his name described him as quiet and his interactions as normal.
Jabbar was a U.S. citizen and was honorably discharged from the Army, the FBI said. From March 2007 until January 2015, he was a Human Resource Specialist and an Information Technology Specialist in the Army Reserve. In February 2009, he deployed to Afghanistan where he served for about 11 months. He left the service with the rank of Staff Sergeant.
The Houston man was killed in a gunfire exchange with the police after the attack, which is being investigated as terrorism. Raia said that a black flag with ties to the terrorist group was attached to the back of the pickup truck.
Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick told me that the white Ford was rented on December 30 and was piloted in Houston before heading to New Orleans.
“At this time we don’t think anyone else is involved in the attack,” said Christopher Raia, an FBI deputy assistant director.
President Biden said law enforcement was looking into if the incident was connected to the Cybertruck that exploded outside of Trump’s Las Vegas hotel. One person died and seven others were injured in the explosion.
A truck plowed into a crowd on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, leaving at least 15 people dead and dozens more hospitalized with injuries.
According to the FBI, the driver was a veteran of the Army from Houston. He was killed in a gunfire exchange with police following the attack, which is being investigated as terrorism, agency officials said.
The FBI has not yet given a reason for why an Islamic State flag was attached to the pickup truck. The FBI said its likely the driver did not act alone, and it’s searching for information that could lead to additional suspects who may have aided in the attack.
Weapons and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device was found inside the truck, according to the federal agency. There were other IEDs in the French Quarter. The Sugar Bowl will be held in the Caesar’s Superdome, where authorities swept the French Quarter and areas of the Central Business District.
Bourbon Street is often crowded at night, as patrons of restaurants, bars and music venues tend to spill into the road, which is usually blocked to cars. The number of visitors to New Orleans this week swelled as revelers flocked to the popular destination for New Year’s Eve celebrations, and ahead of the Sugar Bowl.
Around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect veered around a police vehicle blocking the intersection of Canal and Bourbon Street, speeding onto the sidewalk before steering back onto Bourbon, according to police.
According to police, on Wednesday, at about 3:15 p.m., Jabbar sped away from a police vehicle that was blocking Canal and Bourbon streets, going onto the sidewalk and coming back onto Bourbon. He continued for nearly three blocks down Bourbon Street, crossing Iberville Street and Bienville Street, and then crashing just before Conti Street. Jabbar then exited the pickup and fired at police officers, injuring two. The injured officers are doing well, the police said.
The suspect tried to run over a lot of people while driving down Bourbon Street, the New Orleans police chief said at the news conference. “This was intentional,” she said.
The entrance to Bourbon Street is usually blocked off by metal bollards. The bollards were offline for repairs at the time of the attack, said Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The police car that the suspect bypassed was serving as a makeshift roadblock for vehicles trying to enter the French Quarter’s busiest street.
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Raia said investigators are combing through five devices, including three cellphones and two laptops, to see if he was aided in the attack by anyone.
The driver rented a white F-150 on Monday in Houston before heading to New Orleans on Tuesday, according to Raia. Raia said that Jabbar was concerned that the news headlines might not focus on the battle between the unbelievers and believers when he decided to hurt his family and friends. Jabbar also said he joined ISIS before the summer of 2024.
Bourbon Street, which has been closed as authorities investigate, has been cleaned overnight and was reopened to pedestrians on Thursday. Fourteen yellow roses have been placed on the sidewalk near Canal Street as a makeshift memorial for each of those killed in the speeding rampage.
When asked about security measures in the city ahead of the game, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters that officials “reinforced the area” and “deployed some additional types of assets.”
He doesn’t like to give specific information, because he doesn’t want to tell the enemy what we got. “But I can tell you we’re in better shape than we were before,” Landry said. He also said there is “an unprecedented amount of law enforcement resources that are being utilized” to finalize the investigation.
Is there a link between the New Orleans attack and the bombing in Las Vegas, where the suspect was killed inside a vehicle?
Raia said there is no link between the New Orleans attack and the bombing in Las Vegas, in which the suspect was killed inside a vehicle.