LA - Vehicle drives through New Year's crowd - Multiple fatalities reported - Bourbon Street New Orleans - January 1 2025

[shotgun09]

" The show must go on.."

That is all I heard from this am's presser.

MOO

 

[Furore]

Agree. They are trying to avoid lawsuits.

Whatever official spoke yesterday about the barriers that were not where they typically are due to getting ready for the upcoming events is probably regretting it.

This has nothing to do with a terrorist but last year I think New Orleans was the number one capital of murder cases and crime (in the US).

Who was the lady speaking that had a red blouse on? I didn’t see her being introduced.

Yes I feel like the Christmas/new year period was not the time to replace them!

 

[CHEL]

Agree. They are trying to avoid lawsuits.

Whatever official spoke yesterday about the barriers that were not where they typically are due to getting ready for the upcoming events is probably regretting it.

This has nothing to do with a terrorist but last year I think New Orleans was the number one capital of murder cases and crime (in the US).

Who was the lady speaking that had a red blouse on? I didn’t see her being introduced.

The mayor.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“This is completely out of his character,” Abdur-Rahim Jabbar said. “You would never think he would do anything like this. He was just the calmest, most gentle person you could possibly know.”

While Jabbar wasn’t involved in sports in high school, Roach said he was popular with classmates.

“He was one of the pretty boys at school, all the girls liked him,” Roach said. “All the guys were friends with him because he was cool and real easy to talk to.”

Abdur-Rahim said he believed his brother grew up practicing Islam, but stopped going to services in his early 20s. Shamsud-Dinn Jabbar started practicing again after leaving the military. He said his brother joined the military because he needed discipline after graduating high school.

“I want to be clear, even though he claimed to be a Muslim, this type of behavior is more extremist behavior. This is radicalization,” he said. “I know they see his name, they see our name. There’s already a stigma around Muslims — that these are the type of things we do. But I want to be clear. It’s not.”

Abdur-Rahim said he had to tell their father, who recently suffered a stroke, about what his brother did.

New Orleans Attacker Posted Videos Declaring Support For ISIS Shortly Before Rampage, FBI Says

The investigation into the truck attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, which killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more, is ongoing, with the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, identified as a U.S. military veteran who had posted support for ISIS before the deadly incident.

www.news9.com

 

[Furore]

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“This is completely out of his character,” Abdur-Rahim Jabbar said. “You would never think he would do anything like this. He was just the calmest, most gentle person you could possibly know.”

While Jabbar wasn’t involved in sports in high school, Roach said he was popular with classmates.

“He was one of the pretty boys at school, all the girls liked him,” Roach said. “All the guys were friends with him because he was cool and real easy to talk to.”

Abdur-Rahim said he believed his brother grew up practicing Islam, but stopped going to services in his early 20s. Shamsud-Dinn Jabbar started practicing again after leaving the military. He said his brother joined the military because he needed discipline after graduating high school.

“I want to be clear, even though he claimed to be a Muslim, this type of behavior is more extremist behavior. This is radicalization,” he said. “I know they see his name, they see our name. There’s already a stigma around Muslims — that these are the type of things we do. But I want to be clear. It’s not.”

Abdur-Rahim said he had to tell their father, who recently suffered a stroke, about what his brother did.

New Orleans Attacker Posted Videos Declaring Support For ISIS Shortly Before Rampage, FBI Says

The investigation into the truck attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, which killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more, is ongoing, with the attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, identified as a U.S. military veteran who had posted support for ISIS before the deadly incident.

www.news9.com

Great article thanks for sharing!

 

[JoeFromLB]

Does anyone else find it statistically improbable that Jabbar and the Vegas car bomber worked at the same air base and weren’t linked? I can’t imagine this is common…disturbing if statistically it is so common random coincidence occurs.

...and the two incidents happened on the same day.
What are the odds?

 

[millieanna2303]

I did not hear any update about the driver.

The driver was killed apparently. What local news is saying.

 

[Mica]

@alcaprari23


FBI now says that New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone and there is no indication others were working with him. Investigators think he picked up the F-150 truck on 12/30/24 in Houston then drove to New Orleans on 12/31/24.He posted five videos to online platforms proclaiming support for ISIS beginning at 1:29am to 3:02am on NYD.Three phones and two laptops linked to Jabbar have been recovered and investigators are searching them for more evidence.


11:53 AM · Jan 2, 2025

Any mention of the suspect’s rented truck crossing the border at Eagle Pass on Nov. 16th? The truck’s Texas license plate was recorded by a reader at the Eagle Pass border crossing. It was unclear yesterday if the suspect was the driver.

 

[Furore]

...and the two incidents happened on the same day.
What are the odds?

Others here have kindly pointed out how large that base is (52000) and they may never have been there at same time - looks like the trump bomber was specifically anti trump whilst the New Orleans massacre was Islamic terror inspired. So I guess not, but the odds do feel far fetched in numerical terms I agree!

 

[RandyMcDonald]

Others here have kindly pointed out how large that base is (52000) and they may never have been there at same time - looks like the trump bomber was specifically anti trump whilst the New Orleans massacre was Islamic terror inspired. So I guess not, but the odds do feel far fetched in numerical terms I agree!

New Year's is not an obscure day in the calendar, either. It makes sense that someone hoping for visibility would do something around that day, even that multiple people would do this.

 

[millieanna2303]

MSN

New Orleans terrorist killed after slaughtering 15 NYE revelers

At least 15 people are dead and 35 left injured after an SUV plowed into a large group near the intersection of Bourbon Street and Canal Street in the New Orleans French Quarter early this morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

There is a flag mounted on the trailer hitch - see the photos. In all photos I have seen, it has been curled up on itself. Anyone know what the flag is?

They are claiming it was an Isis flag. Local news stated he apparently posted on social media moments before the attack that he was "inspired by isis" but I don't know if there's any truth in that.

 

[justtrish]

...and the two incidents happened on the same day.
What are the odds?

From the timing of both incidents, it seems the Vegas one couldn't even be a copy cat type thing becuase the guy rented the truck from Turo before the New Orleans incident happened if I understand it all correctly. The Vegas guy would have had to already have his plan in progress when the NO incident was starting. So it is really odd if these are not connected at all.

One thing I thought of was maybe it's just one of them saw some writings or something online from the other one. Is there some board or place like Reddit where they both were part of the same board and they discuss things like this or feed off each other? Maybe they aren't working together to plan attacks, but maybe their ideas came from the same place?

 

[millieanna2303]

It looks more like a jacket than a flag to me.

New Orleans terrorist sparks mystery over hidden object on vehicle

A mysterious object was spotted on what appeared to be a flag pole attached the white Ford SUV that struck a crowd of people around 3.50am Wednesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I thought the same thing

 

[imstilla.grandma]

*reposting resurfaced video

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Any mention of the suspect’s rented truck crossing the border at Eagle Pass on Nov. 16th? The truck’s Texas license plate was recorded by a reader at the Eagle Pass border crossing. It was unclear yesterday if the suspect was the driver.

Further up in the thread. It crossed the border two MONTHS prior, not two days, and was determined to be a different driver through the Turo rental. Seemingly completely unrelated.

 

[Luna20]

FBI says no definitive link between attack in Las Vegas with cyber truck and New Orleans attack.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874857290005950969

Yes I feel like the Christmas/new year period was not the time to replace them!

Yes and not during the Sugar Bowl either. It should have already been done prior to this game and New Year Eve parties.

They know better; history defines the party scene in this city. It’s common sense. There is no way around that.

Looks like they were waiting to the last minute to ‘revamp’ the system. They should be held accountable.

It brings back deep frustration of a city that is so wayward.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

...and the two incidents happened on the same day.
What are the odds?

symbolism is the link. Each of these men expressed their own.
And what better day to execute than New Years Day.

i might say the day of the spring equinox would be better ... but not enough people would get the symbolism. kidding .

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Any mention of the suspect’s rented truck crossing the border at Eagle Pass on Nov. 16th? The truck’s Texas license plate was recorded by a reader at the Eagle Pass border crossing. It was unclear yesterday if the suspect was the driver.

answered
dbm

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Further up in the thread. It crossed the border two MONTHS prior, not two days, and was determined to be a different driver through the Turo rental. Seemingly completely unrelated.

oh i missed this completely....... So you are saying it was someone totally different who rented that vehicle........

 

[imstilla.grandma]

U.S. Army Special Operations Command officials said in a statement that Livelsberger was assigned to the command and “was on approved leave at the time of his death.” CNN reported that Livelsberger was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group which is based at Fort Carson, Colorado and was on leave from an assignment in Germany.

Driver of Cybertruck in Las Vegas explosion was a Special Forces soldier, Army confirms

Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an active duty Green Beret for almost 20 years, shot himself just before the truck exploded, police said.

taskandpurpose.com

*so, was he in Germany during the Magdeburg mass attack?

German Christmas market attack suspect to face murder charges

Police said the man has been issued a warrant for pre-trial detention on five counts of murder.

www.aljazeera.com