New Orleans: he was Shamsud Din Jabbar, suspect in the mass hit-and-run that left 15 dead

The suspect in the attack in New Orleans, in which at least 15 people died, was identified by the FBI as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42 years old. Apparently he worked as a real estate agent in Texas, had worked as a computer scientist in the military, was divorced and had financial problems.

In a video posted on YouTube four years ago, Jabbar – speaking with a Southern accent – boasted of his skills as a “negotiator” while advertising his property management services to potential clients.

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The Pentagon said that Jabbar served in the Army as a human resources and information technology specialist.between 2007 and 2015 and who was a reservist until 2020.

He was deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010, according to an Army spokesman, who added that he held the rank of first sergeant at the end of his service.

The FBI said earlier that he was believed to have been honorably discharged.

According to criminal records published by the New York Times, Jabbar had been charged with two misdemeanors: one in 2002 for theft and another in 2005 for driving with an invalid license.

He was married twice, according to the newspaper, and his second marriage ended in divorce in 2022, when he detailed his financial problems in an email to his wife’s lawyer.

“I can’t afford the house payment,” he wrote in the letter, adding that his real estate company had lost more than $28,000 in the previous year and that he had incurred thousands of credit card debts to pay for lawyers.

a man called Abdur Jabbar, and Beaumont, Texas, He told The New York Times that he was the suspect’s brother and described him as “a good guy, a friend, very smart and careful.”

He added that the suspect had converted to Islam at an early age but that what he did “does not represent Islam. It is more about some kind of radicalization, not religion.”

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President Joe Biden told reporters that hours before the attack, Jabbar shared videos online indicating that he was acting “inspired” by the Islamic Stateciting information provided to him by the FBI.

Georgia State University confirmed that alumnus Shamsud Din Jabbar attended the university from 2015 to 2017, earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

Jabbar said in his YouTube video – seen by AFP but later removed by moderators – that he had served in the US military for a decade.

He stated that with this experience “he learned the meaning of great service and what it means to be receptive and take everything seriously, dotting the i’s.”

At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured in the attackallegedly perpetrated by Jabbar. Authorities say he crashed the vehicle, opened fire and was killed in a shootout with police.

They search for possible connection with explosion in Las Vegas

President Biden announced that authorities are investigating a possible connection between the mass car accident in New Orleans and the explosion of a vehicle in Las Vegas.

“There is nothing to report on this at this time,” Biden said in an appearance from Camp David.

Biden explained in the appearance that Jabbar had published a video on social networks in which he expressed his inspiration for the Islamic State (IS) and expressed a “desire to kill.”

Hours after the accident, a vehicle exploded in front of the ‘Trump Hotel’ in Las Vegas, an incident that authorities are now investigating as a possible terrorist act.

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