Various media outlets are reporting that early this morning a truck plowed into a New Orleans crowd of people celebrating the New Year. At least 10 dead and 30 or more injured. Apparently, the driver was killed in a shootout with police. No news yet on motivation of the driver.
Law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that the suspect in the New Orleans crash that killed 10 people and injured 30 was killed after a firefight with police.
Just catching this now. 48 hour rule is in effect: much info will be bullshit.
That said, what I’ve picked up so far that I think is worth repeating:
Electric Ford F-150 (quiet, heavy) drove into the crowd on Bourbon Street.
As of a few hours ago I’m reading 12 dead so far, dozens injured. Expect this to change, but not in good ways.
Driver exited, and was shot dead by police.
Driver may have been armed and may have been shooting. There are reports of a long gun recovered from the scene.
There was a flag mounted on the truck; usual social media culture war BS going in right now or over what it was. I haven’t read anything remotely reliable on this.
Various media outlets are reporting that early this morning a truck plowed into a New Orleans crowd of people celebrating the New Year. At least 10 dead and 30 or more injured. Apparently, the driver was killed in a shootout with police. No news yet on motivation of the driver.
Law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that the suspect in the New Orleans crash that killed 10 people and injured 30 was killed after a firefight with police.
This appears to be a video of police entering the vehicle to grab the driver and coming under gunfire. From this video, a reasonable inference is that the driver was continuing to go but crashed head on with a crane parked in the road, stopping the vehicular attack.
Driver may not have exited the vehicle, but rather been dragged out by police after being shot.
There are reports of police EOD crews nipping something small, but that’s not weird and they’ll err on the side of blowing up something suspicious but benign. Don’t take any IED reports at face value until and unless they firm up.
Unknown reliability on this: investigators are looking at an AirBnB fire allegedly linked to the attacker. That checks out with the out of state license plate, and also suggests an additional element of planning.
ABC news reports the owner of the truck states he rented it out through an app called Turo. That suggests the attacker may have deliberately selected the characteristics of the vehicle. The electric F-150 has significantly greater curb weight than a regular F-150, and as I mentioned, would be quieter. Truck rental as an attack MO has happened before.
This is the alleged attacker. The attack was around 3 am, NOLA sunrise was 7, so you’re looking at a body probably 4-5 hours after being shot to death.
TONS of other info coming out now… IEDs nipped I. The street, attacker wore a helmet, etc etc. Give all this quite a bit more time.
The initial stages of this investigation will have been absolutely bananas, and it’s very normal that hardly any solid info is out yet. It’s been about eight hours, much of it overnight on a holiday. This would have been a response by patrol members and maybe some shift work investigators who deal with street level stuff. It will have taken hours to get the higher priced help in (literally- NOLA police pay is dogshit).
A lot will be known with reasonable confidence early, but takes a while to lock down. The presence of a driver’s license on a dead body gets you most of the way there but needs to be corroborated. They’ll have that locked down today.
FBI would be doing a ton of digging, including domestic and international police and security intelligence holdings. Five eyes and domestic security partners can be pretty quick, other stuff potentially slower.
Some of the earliest priority focus would be establishing if this is part of something bigger; ‘stop the imminent threat’ ranks slightly higher than ‘investigate the existing shit show’. That will add minor delays in the passage or assessment of some info as they focus on the initial hours on whether anyone else is involved and still in the wind, not yet on a plane, etc.
Social media scrapes, search warrant for the residence and the inside of the vehicle all take time.
So yeah. Give it time before police and authorities can speak with confidence. Also recognize that the rumor mongering within police, national security, and political entities will be wild. Relatively few people will actually know, but they’ll repeat things with high confidence even if not backed by much.
Officials identified the man who intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers were celebrating the new year. The driver was killed by police.
Looks like 10 confirmed dead, not the 12 I initially said- sorry. Not sure if that includes the attacker.
The name seems firm now, though not released officially. Lots of LE sources taking to major media though. Waiting to see more firm up about the shooter- various stuff starting to get reported about birth/citizenship, military service, etc. that’ll take a bit longer to be reliable.
On January 1, 2025, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. The FBI and its partners are investigating this as an act of terrorism.
www.fbi.gov
"Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital.
The subject has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas. He was driving a Ford pickup truck, which appears to have been rented, and we are working to confirm how the subject came into possession of the vehicle.
An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations.
Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe.
The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism ..."
Suspect as identified above, Shamsud-Din Jabbar. He was a U.S. citizen and a U.S. Army veteran form Texas.
FBI do not believe he acted alone.
FBI found an ISIS flag mounted to the truck.
Explosive and firearms were found in the vehicle. At least some explosives were configured as an RCIED, with a remote found within the vehicle.
FBI say other possible explosives are under investigation. Several people were seen possibly placing other devices int he New Orleans French Quarter.
Jabbar exited the vehicle and opened fire on officers, wounding two. Three officers returned fire.
Elsewhere, though I can't reliably source this yet, I've read that he had both active and reserve service as some sort of army IT specialist, and later worked private sector as a consultant for EY and Deloitte. That's from postings purporting to be info off his now-deleted linked in. It does sound consistent with the confirmed military service, so I'm mentioning it.
U.S. Army confirmed he served, regular army 2007-2015, reserves until 2020. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2009-10. He was a Human Resources Specialist, and then an Information Technology specialist. Finished up as a Staff Sergeant.
No kidding. $64,100 with 5 five years on which includes something called 'milage pay' and $7200 in State top-up. Still better than the median in Mississippi which is around $42K (year u/k).
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