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.

    • 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.