Harrowing moment Nola suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar fires at police as cops dive for cover in shootout after ramming attack
PULSE-POUNDING bodycam footage shows the moment a domestic terrorist opened fire on police officers after ramming a pickup through a group of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans.
The shocking video showed at least three cops running and ducking for cover immediately after Shamsud-Din Jabbar and New Orleans police exchanged at least a dozen shots on Bourbon Street on January 1.
The bodycam footage began as at least four officers approached Jabbar’s white Ford F-150 Lightning after he drove around a police security point on Bourbon Street by jumping a sidewalk, killing 14 people as he plowed through a sea of New Year’s Day celebrants.
“Keep your hands up,” officers shout with their their guns drawn at Jabbar.
Seconds later, shots ring out, and at least three police officers dive to the ground, attempting to shield themselves from gunfire.
Jabbar, 42, was killed in the exchange.
In the days following the attack, the FBI pieced together Jabbar’s plan minute-by-minute.
Cops said he was trying to “run over as many people as he possibly could.”
Officials determined he intentionally rammed into victims with a white pickup truck that he rented in Houston, Texas, the day before, less than 30 miles northeast of a property he owned in Sugar Land.
In the months before the attack, Jabbar traveled from his Texas home to stay in New Orleans twice and scoped out the city using Meta glasses.
He also used the cyber glasses when he carried out the New Year’s rampage and had them on his person when he died.
However, the FBI said he didn’t activate the specs that day.
After the terror attack, bodies were left lying in the street for hours as officials investigated the scene.
The truck Jabbar drove was searched by officers who recovered pipe bombs wired for remote detonation within coolers.
Police also found an Islamic State group flag in Jabbar’s truck and at least three phones.
Cops also discovered Jabbar had posted five videos to social media before the terror attack where he said he was inspired by the Islamic State Group.
Who was Shamsud Din Jabbar?
THE man police suspect drove his car into a crowd of New Year's Eve revellers in New Orleans was 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
He is believed to have killed 14 people in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack before cops shot him dead.
More details are emerging about the US Army veteran who was born and lived in Texas.
Jabbar had a criminal history after being arrested in Katy, Texas, in 2002 for misdemeanor theft.
He was also arrested in 2005 for driving without an invalid license.
Documents viewed by The U.S. Sun confirmed Jabbar held a real estate license from 2019 until it expired in February 2021.
In a YouTube video uploaded on May 12, 2020, Jabbar introduced himself as a Team Lead for the Midas Group and Property Manager at Blue Meadow Properties.
He shared that he was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, but was living in Houston at the time of the video.
During his 10-year stint in the Army, Jabbar said he served as a human resources specialist and IT specialist from 2007 to 2015.
He was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.
Between 2015 and 2020 he served in the Army Reserve as an IT specialist, the Army said.
Jabbar is a dad to two daughters and had two previous wives.
It’s unclear when his second divorce happened, but court files show that a restraining order was granted against him in 2020.
The New York Times reported a court document that the suspect filed in August 2022 as part of a divorce proceeding said he worked at the accounting firm Deloitte and made about $120,000 a year.
A ISIS flag was found in the truck by cops following the attack after it had been attached to a pole on the truck’s trailer hitch, the FBI said.
Jabbar had only converted to Islam within the last year and was “being all crazy” the new husband of his ex-wife said, the New York Times reports.
“This is not just an act of terrorism,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
“This is evil.”
New Orleans’ police underwent a transformation in recent years that allowed them to react quickly to the horrific scene, Rafael Goyeneche, a Louisiana native and president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, exclusively told The U.S. Sun.
Goyeneche said the cops had “an automatic response based on the training and the culture change that’s occurred in the city over the past 12 years.”
Despite the quick reactions from officials, the city was quickly brought under fire as residents questioned how Jabbar was able to drive directly onto the iconic street.
Kirkpatrick responded to the backlash on Friday and said she won’t step down.
“I believe I can be that person to lead us forward,” Kirkpatrick said.
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