graphic: New Orleans police body camera footage released Friday morning shows officers responding to the scene of the New Year's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that killed 15 people, including the attacker, Shamsuddin Jabar. are.
NOPD footage obtained by Fox News Digital through a public records request shows officers confronting Jabbar in a white Ford 150 that sped down Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 1. are.
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NOPD officers respond to New Year's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street with body camera footage. (NOPD)
The footage shows several police officers approaching Jabbar's rented truck in Houston, at which point he begins firing at them from under the deployed airbag. Loud gunshots can be heard in approximately 13 seconds of footage released Friday by the NOPD.
“After officers surrounded the pickup truck, the driver fired shots at officers. Three officers, Sergeant Nigel Daggs, Officer Christian Beyer and Officer Jacoby Jordan, returned fire. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. ,” NOPD said in a press release Friday. “Officer Jordan and Officer Joseph Rodrigue, who did not fire his weapon, each sustained gunshot wounds to the thigh during this incident.”
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Jabber fires from below the deployed airbag. (NOPD)
Rodrigue suffered a fractured shoulder and both officers were taken to hospital for treatment. They were then released. Following this tragedy, all officers involved were ordered to be administratively reassigned.
Officers Jordan and Beyer have been with NOPD for less than two years. Mr. Daggs has been a member of the department for 21 years and Rodrigue has been a member for nine years.
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The video also shows several civilians running away from the gunfire. NOPD previously announced that two officers were injured in the shootout, which ultimately resulted in Jabbar's death.
On January 1, 2025, New Orleans police confront terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar. (NOPD)
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The attack killed 14 civilians and injured a total of 35.
The FBI continues to investigate the New Year's terrorist attacks as being motivated by ISIS extremism.
