New Orleans Terrorist Attack Investigation

Retired FBI agent Bobby Chacon reacts to the FBI press conference on the New Orleans attack on Fox News Live. Chemical used for explosives discovered in a Texas storage locker linked to Bourbon Street terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

FBI Leadership Scrutiny and New Orleans Terror Attack

The FBI is under scrutiny for its leadership, and Democrats are criticizing President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Bureau after a terror attack in New Orleans. The attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, killed 14 people and injured over 30 by driving a truck through a crowd of pedestrians on New Year's. Jabbar died in a shootout with police. He had traveled to Egypt and visited New Orleans multiple times before the attack. He used Meta smart glasses to record videos, rented a truck using the Turo app, and posted Facebook videos pledging allegiance to ISIS. Prior to the attack, he planted IEDs that did not detonate and then drove through the crowd in a high-speed rampage.

New Orleans Terrorist Attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar

The FBI released details about Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who carried out a terrorist attack in New Orleans. Jabbar acted alone in the attack that killed 14 people. He traveled to Egypt and Canada before the attack, and had no accomplices in the U.S. The attack was inspired by the Islamic State. Jabbar used IEDs but failed to detonate them properly.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar's Secret Radicalization and New Orleans Attack

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a decorated Army veteran with a high-paying job, radicalized in secret and carried out a terrorist attack in New Orleans, killing 14 people before dying in a shootout with the police. His family and neighbors were shocked by his transformation, as he shifted from a conservative version of Islam to extremism. Investigators are still trying to determine how he descended into violence without detection.

The Transformation of Shamsud-Din Jabbar

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a model soldier in the Army, turned to extremism and carried out a terrorist attack after facing severe money problems and personal struggles.