No fewer than 15 people died and dozens more were injured in the early hours of New Year’s Day when a driver rammed a pickup truck into revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans — the deadliest act of mass murder in the U.S. in more than a year.
The suspect, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Texas, was identified by the F.B.I. as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar. He died in a shootout with the police.
Jabbar, a lifelong resident of Texas, served several years in the Army and was honorably discharged. He recently converted to Islam and began behaving erratically, according to his ex-wife’s husband. An Islamic State flag, weapons and a potential explosive device were found in the truck that officials say he used in the attack. Officials said they were also investigating other potential bombs found in the French Quarter
0 Comments