The suspect has been preliminarily identified as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Summary

Authorities identified Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, as the suspect in the New Orleans truck ramming attack that killed 10 people and injured 35 on New Year’s Day.

Jabbar, who died in a shootout with police, allegedly drove a truck with a black flag possibly linked to ISIS. The FBI is investigating the attack as a potential terrorist act.

Weapons and suspected explosive devices were found in Jabbar’s vehicle and near the scene.

Officials are also investigating reports that Jabbar fired a rifle into the crowd and whether IEDs near the site were operational.

    • @Ep1cFac3pa1m
      54•5 days ago

      Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas

      It’s like the 3rd paragraph

        • Nougat
          27•5 days ago

          I’m asking IF he had ties to ISIS, hypothetically, was the first Islamic extremist attack on US soil since 9/11?

          And IF your grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle.

          That hypothetical you’re drawing is making the assumption that “because the person named by law enforcement has a ‘funny name’ they should be considered to be a possible international terrorist.”

          • @[email protected]
            5•5 days ago

            I think the reason to consider them a possible islamic terrorist is the ISIS flag they flew during the attack.

            • Flying Squid
              17•5 days ago

              People think you’re drawing racially problematic conclusions based on poor reasoning.

        • @[email protected]
          15•5 days ago

          Juggling 6 different things but still able to make a statement on a subject you didn’t bother to read for like 20 seconds. That’s how fast you come across his name and where he was born if you just read the fucking article.

    • @DocMcStuffin
      17•5 days ago

      According to preliminary information, Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, had a black flag affixed to the hitch of the pickup truck he allegedly drove into the crowd. Officials are investigating whether that flag is related to the terrorist group ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials said.

      I’m going to make a prediction and say it’s self-radicalization. As for which group he self-radicalized to, I’ll wait until more information comes out. I have an obvious suspicion, but I’d rather wait.

      • @[email protected]English
        0•5 days ago

        forgotten about the church shoot up by a white nationalist

        You’ll need to be more specific. There’s been a LOT

        • @[email protected]
          2•5 days ago

          My original comment said “dozens of churches shoot up by white nationalists” but I forgot if that was technically correct.

          I know there’s been quite a few though Dylan Roof was the one I’d call out specifically.

        • @[email protected]
          10•5 days ago

          I understand your point, however, I think it is generally unhelpful to distinguish between domestic and internationally backed terror attacks.

          A terror attack is a terror attack.

          • NoneOfUrBusiness
            2•5 days ago

            It’s not even internationally backed (as of yet), just internationally inspired (according to another article on the topic).