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

[Luna20]

I think Bourbon Street at 3:30 am is still busy. From the Earthcam shot of Bourbon Street farther east than the incident, there were clusters of NOPD officers on the street corners at that time and they reacted quickly enough to get to the perp before police cars could get there.

He didn't drive very far down Bourbon Street, not even a full block. His attack was limited by construction equipment and the barriers that were still up. I honestly don't think much could have stopped him when Canal Street opened up for the large amount of traffic they had.

Native here, 3:00AM in the French Quarter is early. Most bars don’t close. Young adults are drawn to the never ending supply.

I’ve witnessed people sitting at a bar at 5AM drinking. Many of the bars have open doors that you can see from the street. Not a good place for anyone in recovery.

Mardi Gras is horrendous in the French Quarter. Drinks are spilling out from balconies, and pretty much everywhere, there is visible drug activity and I’m too embarrassed to say what else freely takes place.

 

[bestill]

Why would an earlier time make any difference? Won’t it be just as busy?

I can only imagine the chaos in the city postponing the game is causing merchants, ticket holders, hotels, travel, etc. It's a stressful time and the sooner they get the game played and everyone out of the city the better. A day game may be safer too. All JMO

 

[Tiff23fr]

Do we know yet if Officers were physically in the cruiser when the truck went around, or apx where the Officers were located?
ETA: Nevermind - I just saw the video of the Officer exit the vehicle.
(17 seconds in Officer exits)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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[Ray_of_hope]

"• The FBI said it doesn’t think the driver was “solely responsible.” Weapons, as well as “potential improvised explosive devices,” otherwise known as IEDs, were found in the vehicle, the FBI said. Officials also located IEDs in the area.


• The attack in the popular French Quarter happened less than a mile from where The Sugar Bowl was to be hosted Wednesday. The annual college football game was postponed for 24 hours for public safety reasons, the bowl’s CEO said."

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-25-hnk/index.html

 

[Sundog]

‘No Terrorist to Me’: Relatives and Friends Saw Few Signs Before Attack

The man identified as the suspect in the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans served in the U.S. military, worked at Deloitte and grew increasingly devout.

www.nytimes.com

Mr. Jabbar, who officials confirmed was honorably discharged from the Army, had converted to Islam at some point, according to Dwayne Marsh, who is married to Mr. Jabbar’s ex-wife Nakedra Charrlle. Mr. Jabbar and Ms. Charrlle had two daughters, ages 15 and 20, Mr. Marsh said, adding that “the girls are a mess” after the attack.

In recent months, he said, Mr. Jabbar had been acting erratically, “being all crazy, cutting his hair” after converting, Mr. Marsh said. Mr. Marsh and his wife then stopped allowing the daughters to spend time with Mr. Jabbar, he said.

 

[lonetraveler]

Law enforcement officers have closed off a road leading to a Houston residence that records indicate was a recent address of the suspect in the New Orleans attack.

The white mobile home was behind a gate and in a small neighborhood where goats and ducks were roaming the grass

The Latest: Investigators hunt for additional suspects in deadly New Orleans attack

A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 10 people in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism

www.wokv.com

*November 2024 release:

Houston man charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS

A 28-year-old man has been indicted for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization

www.justice.gov

Wonder if Jabbar knew this man.

 

[bestill]

Brian Entin will be on NewsNation with a 2 hour special tonight starting at 7pm tonight.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874573832276873391

 

[Chimera]

New Orleans that attack saw truck plow crowd was 'act of terror'

The driver rammed into the crowd at a 'very fast pace' and was 'very intentional' and had been 'trying to run over as many people as he possibly could', according to investigators.

www.dailymail.co.uk

About those barricades, it was said that instead of the normal metal ones that flimsier orange ones were placed.
However from the photo at the link of one of the metal barricades --they would not have stopped a pickup truck, imo.

Iirc, the truck was an EV -- so maybe heavier and prob. quieter :

At least 14 killed, dozens hurt on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as driver intentionally slams truck into crowd; attacker dead

Officials have identified the man who intentionally rammed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers celebrated the new year.

www.cbsnews.com

FBI special agent Alethea Duncan said in a news conference on Wednesday afternoon that a black ISIS flag had been flying from the truck's rear bumper. The vehicle was an electric Ford pickup truck and appears to have been rented, the FBI said.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The backyard of the last known address of Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, located in a trailer park

Amid his second divorce in 2022, he said he had racked up more than $16,000 in credit card debt paying court fees and expenses for a second home, according to an email to his ex-wife’s lawyer viewed by the Times.

“I cannot afford the house payment,” he wrote.

He added that his real estate business suffered more than $28,000 in losses the previous year.

Exclusive | Inside terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s squalid home, where sheep and goats roam his yard — after his financial ruin

Jabbar, a US-born military veteran, lived in a squalid trailer park on the outskirts of Houston that is home to mostly Muslim immigrants — with a mosque within walking distance.

nypost.com

 

[CHEL]

New Orleans that attack saw truck plow crowd was 'act of terror'

The driver rammed into the crowd at a 'very fast pace' and was 'very intentional' and had been 'trying to run over as many people as he possibly could', according to investigators.

www.dailymail.co.uk

About those barricades, it was said that instead of the normal metal ones that flimsier orange ones were placed.
However from the photo at the link of one of the metal barricades --they would not have stopped a pickup truck, imo.

View attachment 555006



Iirc, the truck was an EV -- so maybe heavier and prob. quieter :

At least 14 killed, dozens hurt on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as driver intentionally slams truck into crowd; attacker dead

Officials have identified the man who intentionally rammed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers celebrated the new year.

www.cbsnews.com

FBI special agent Alethea Duncan said in a news conference on Wednesday afternoon that a black ISIS flag had been flying from the truck's rear bumper. The vehicle was an electric Ford pickup truck and appears to have been rented, the FBI said.

These are all over Bourbon to close or block roads. These aren't the barricades they spoke about on the press conference.

 

[Dotta]

"Texas-born Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42,
plowed SUV into a crowd in the heart of the Louisiana city
during one of the most heavily-policed nights of the year."

Four ISIS terrorists feared to be on loose after attack killed 15

Follow live coverage from New Orleans where a SUV has ploughed into pedestrians in Bourbon Street in a 'mass casualty incident'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[nightowl1975]

Why would an earlier time make any difference? Won’t it be just as busy?

It’s easier to hide things in the dark. I would much prefer having to secure an event during the day vs at night if given a choice.

 

[justtrish]

New Orleans that attack saw truck plow crowd was 'act of terror'

The driver rammed into the crowd at a 'very fast pace' and was 'very intentional' and had been 'trying to run over as many people as he possibly could', according to investigators.

www.dailymail.co.uk

About those barricades, it was said that instead of the normal metal ones that flimsier orange ones were placed.
However from the photo at the link of one of the metal barricades --they would not have stopped a pickup truck, imo.

View attachment 555006



Iirc, the truck was an EV -- so maybe heavier and prob. quieter :

At least 14 killed, dozens hurt on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as driver intentionally slams truck into crowd; attacker dead

Officials have identified the man who intentionally rammed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers celebrated the new year.

www.cbsnews.com

FBI special agent Alethea Duncan said in a news conference on Wednesday afternoon that a black ISIS flag had been flying from the truck's rear bumper. The vehicle was an electric Ford pickup truck and appears to have been rented, the FBI said.

I am wondering if the barriers they are referring to are the type that pop out of the ground? I live on a military base and we have them. If a car doesn't stop at the gate so the guard can check the person's ID, then they activate the barriers and they pop out of the ground. They are strudy and could be damaged if hit, but they definately stop cars and they are really difficult to go around with the location of them. I was imagining those type of barriers when I saw they were being worked on and not being used.

 

[CHEL]

I am wondering if the barriers they are referring to are the type that pop out of the ground? I live on a military base and we have them. If a car doesn't stop at the gate so the guard can check the person's ID, then they activate the barriers and they pop out of the ground. They are strudy and could be damaged if hit, but they definately stop cars and they are really difficult to go around with the location of them. I was imagining those type of barriers when I saw they were being worked on and not being used.

Video: Get a look at bollards headed to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, how they work

The movable police barricades that have kept drivers off Bourbon Street are being replaced with heftier protection for New Orleans’ most popular tourist destination.

www.nola.com

 

[Chimera]

Who is Shamsud Din Jabbar? The man behind the New Orleans attack

The man 'hellbent on creating carnage' plowing into pedestrians celebrating the New Year in New Orleans has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A video which may have already been uploaded of the killer sneaking through the police barricades which in this video appear to be the A-frame style ?
Easily evaded.
Imo.

 

[bestill]

I am wondering if the barriers they are referring to are the type that pop out of the ground? I live on a military base and we have them. If a car doesn't stop at the gate so the guard can check the person's ID, then they activate the barriers and they pop out of the ground. They are strudy and could be damaged if hit, but they definately stop cars and they are really difficult to go around with the location of them. I was imagining those type of barriers when I saw they were being worked on and not being used.

I don't think so. They were steel columns as described in this article.
The project to remove and replace the bollards along about eight blocks of bustling Bourbon Street, from St. Ann Street to Canal Street, began Nov. 18, city documents show. Temporary asphalt patches were installed in the spots where the steel columns were removed, according to the documents.

New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced

Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French Quarter to temporarily prevent vehicles from entering the tourist area where the narrow streets are typically teeming with pedestrians every night of the week.

apnews.com

 

[Chimera]

I am wondering if the barriers they are referring to are the type that pop out of the ground? I live on a military base and we have them. If a car doesn't stop at the gate so the guard can check the person's ID, then they activate the barriers and they pop out of the ground. They are strudy and could be damaged if hit, but they definately stop cars and they are really difficult to go around with the location of them. I was imagining those type of barriers when I saw they were being worked on and not being used.

Good observation.
I was imagining a concrete style of barrier.

Would the perp have known that in advance ?
Omo.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1874582535835209812

 

[Chimera]

These are all over Bourbon to close or block roads. These aren't the barricades they spoke about on the press conference.

Ok, thanks for clarifying !

Most of the articles I've read seemed to reference the stick metal barriers, that I've uploaded the photo of.
Didn't want to hint that msm sometimes gets it wrong, you know ?
Omo.