On Wednesday in New Orleans, Shamsud Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen, drove a rented Ford F-150 Lightning EV adorned with an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens. Surveillance footage shows Jabbar evading police barricades and plowing through pedestrians, before exiting the vehicle and opening fire, ultimately being shot by police. The FBI is investigating his potential ties to terrorism, as explosives were found in the truck and in the surrounding area. Jabbar, a Texas native and U.S. Army veteran, faces scrutiny following this tragic New Year’s attack.
Horrifying footage has captured the moment a New Orleans terror suspect evaded a police barricade and made his way through an unsuspecting crowd.
Shamsud Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American national, drove a rented truck displaying an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more.
Shocking new surveillance footage obtained by Fox 8 shows Jabbar driving a white Ford F-150 Lightning EV down Canal Street.
The truck veered onto Bourbon Street, passing a NOLA police vehicle and plowing into a crowd of pedestrians.
After mowing down the revelers, he got out of his car and began firing, only to be shot himself by police. The ordeal is being investigated as a terrorist attack.
EV trucks are particularly deadly weapons due to their large height and weight, as well as their ability to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
New Orleans police said a mechanical barricade installed at the intersection was malfunctioning and they had placed additional barricades and police cars on a portion of Bourbon Street in preparation for the holiday.
“We knew these were malfunctioning. So, yes, there was a plan, but the terrorists foiled the plan,” Superintendent Ann Kirkpatrick said.
“This particular terrorist drove onto the sidewalk and evaded a difficult target. There were cars there, there was a fence, there were police officers, but they were still moving around.”
Surveillance footage of New Orleans terror suspect moving around police barricades
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen, drove a rented truck into a crowd carrying ISIS flags on Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 people.
Jabbar drove a white Ford F-150 Lightning EV down Canal Street, turned onto Bourbon Street and passed a NOLA police vehicle.
Officials confirmed that Jabbar had attached an ISIS flag to the truck he was driving through the crowd.
“An ISIS flag was found inside the vehicle, and the FBI is investigating whether the subject may have ties to a terrorist organization,” the FBI said.
Mr. Jabbar, who the FBI believes did not solely cooperate in the horrific attack, grew up in Texas and served in the U.S. Army.
A firearm and pipe bomb were also found inside the vehicle, according to a Louisiana State Police information bulletin obtained by The Associated Press.
The bulletin said the devices were hidden inside a cooler and wired for remote detonation, and a corresponding remote control was found inside the vehicle.
The FBI said other potentially explosive devices were located in the French Quarter.
Surveillance camera footage showed three men and a woman planting one of several improvised explosive devices, an intelligence bulletin said.
The electric car was rented by Jabbar through the Turo app, a car-sharing company registered to a 42-year-old Houston man.
EV trucks are particularly deadly weapons due to their large height and weight, as well as their ability to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
15 people killed, 35 injured In 2025, Jabbar drove a rented white Ford SUV into a rumbling pedestrian in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Authorities confirmed that Jabbar had attached an ISIS flag to the truck he used to drive through the crowd.
The truck passed through Eagle Pass. Texas, over a month ago According to fox news.
The first victim of the New Orleans attack turned out to be an 18-year-old high school girl.
Nikila Cheyenne Dedeaux traveled to the French Quarter from Gulfport, Mississippi, on Tuesday to ring in the New Year with her cousin.
An unidentified University of Georgia student was also seriously injured in the horrific attack, according to the school’s president.
A wrecked wheelchair was photographed next to the Ford F-150 EV that killed 15 people in the New Orleans attack, raising concerns that disabled people were among the victims.
