Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with police after ramming his truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the attack.
A bouquet of flowers stands at the intersection of Bourbon and Canal streets during the investigation after a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of revelers early on Jan. 1, in New Orleans . The man killed in a shootout with the police after ramming into dozens of revelers in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a native of Texas who had served several years ago with the U.S. Army, officials confirmed on Wednesday as they sought to determine a motivation for the attack.
An Islamic State group flag was found in the truck used in the attack and that investigators believe Jabbar “was not solely responsible.” Several improvised explosive devices were found and disposed of, officials said. Jabbar’s brother, Abdur Jabbar, said in an interview that the two of them spoke a couple of weeks ago but that Shamsud-Din Jabbar did not mention any plans to go to New Orleans. He said his brother “was a sweetheart, really – a nice guy, a friend, really smart, caring.” “I’m honestly shocked by all of this,” the brother said. “I would have never imagined him doing something like this.” Abdur Jabbar said that they had grown up as Christians and that his brother had converted to Islam at some point, but that he believed that if his brother had indeed been involved in the attack, it was not due to religious motives. Dwayne Marsh, who is married to Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s ex-wife Nakedra Charrlle, also said that Jabbar had converted to Islam. Marsh said that Jabbar and Charrlle had two daughters, ages 15 and 20, who “are a mess” after the attack. In recent months, he said, Jabbar had been acting erratically, “being all crazy, cutting his hair.” Marsh and his wife then stopped allowing the daughters to spend time with Jabbar, he said. Jabbar’s brother said he also had a 6-year-old son. About a year ago, Shamsud-Din Jabbar moved into a rented home in a Muslim neighbourhood north of Houston
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