Authorities are still searching for potential partners Shams al-Din Jabbar, Who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans before being killed in a shootout with police on Wednesday.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Morrell Fox News said there was evidence that Jabbar worked alongside accomplices to coordinate the attack, although she and other officials declined to provide details. A massive attack led to the death of at least 15 people and the injury of dozens of others.
“In Louisiana, we have the death penalty, and we will do it!” Morell wrote on X.
Jabbar had posted videos on social media before his attack expressing his loyalty to ISIS. The FBI investigation has now spread across multiple states, although the number of potential accomplices remains unknown.
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A photo released by the FBI of Shams al-Din Jabbar. (FBI)
“FBI Special Agents and our law enforcement partners are currently conducting a number of court-authorized search warrants in New Orleans and other states,” the office said in a statement. “The FBI Evidence Response Team continues to process the crime scene to thoroughly collect all relevant evidence.”
The FBI said it does not believe the driver acted alone. Investigators found weapons and what appeared to be an explosive device inside Jabbar's truck, along with other devices elsewhere in the French Quarter.
Jabbar, a US citizen born in Texas, previously served in the US Army. The authorities are still investigating how and when he was radicalized.
Jabbar served in the Army as a Human Resources Specialist and Information Technology Specialist from March 2007 until January 2015.
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After active duty, he served in the Army Reserves as an IT specialist from January 2015 until July 2020.
During his tenure, he was deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Morell threatened the death penalty for any of Shams al-Din Jabbar's accomplices. (Louisiana Attorney General Liz Morrill)
Authorities have already searched an AirBnB in New Orleans believed to be linked to Jabbar. They are also executing a search warrant at his primary residence in Houston, Texas.
The attack led authorities to postpone the Sugar Bowl Wednesday night. The sporting event is now scheduled to take place on Thursday evening. Some officials called for the event to be postponed further.
Meanwhile, President-elect Trump He called on the CIA to participate in the investigation, and criticized Jabbar as “violent scum” and the current administration as “incompetent and corrupt.”
His statement came after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It is not yet clear whether the bombing, which killed one person, is related to the New Orleans attack.
An investigator photographs the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel on January 1, 2025 in Las Vegas. At least one person was killed and seven injured. (Wade Vandervoort/AFP via Getty Images)
“Our country is a disaster, a laughing stock around the world! This is what happens when you have open borders, with weak, ineffective and almost non-existent leadership. The Department of Justice, the FBI, state and local Democratic prosecutors have not done their jobs. They are incompetent and corrupt. They spent all their waking hours illegally attacking their political opponent, rather than focusing on protecting Americans from abroad and within the violent scum that had infiltrated all sides Our government and our nation itself.”
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“Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our country. The CIA must intervene now, before it is too late. The United States is collapsing – a violent erosion of safety, national security, and democracy is taking place across our nation. Only force and strong leadership will stop That.
