The decorated U.S. Army veteran who brutally murdered 14 people with his truck in New Orleans' French Quarter was divorced three times and in financial trouble, even though he worked for one of the country's largest accounting firms. Records show that he was troubled.
Shamsuddin Jabbar, 42, works for Deloitte, one of the “big four” consulting firms, and was earning $125,000 a year in 2022. But the six-figure salary wasn't enough for him to overcome serious debt and pay off the high court-ordered estate and child support payments, according to court documents. Get ABC News.
In 2012, Mr. Jabbar's ex-wife, Nekedra Charr Jabbar, divorced him in Harris County, Texas, and received custody of the couple's two daughters, then ages 5 and 8. Jabbar was ordered to pay $2,200 a month in child support.
The Houston native married his second wife, Tierra Simone Jabbar, in September 2013, but filed for divorce from her in DeKalb County, Georgia, in February 2016, stating in his complaint that “we… There is no hope that they will get back together.” '' reported ABC News.
In 2015, Jabbar retired from the Army and began studying computer science at Georgia State University, while also working as a senior cloud analyst at consulting firm Accenture. He was honorably discharged in 2020 after spending five years in the reserves.
From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a cloud consulting manager at another Big Four firm, Ernst & Young, before taking a job at Deloitte while working to grow his own real estate business.
The terror suspect married Shaneen Chantil Jabbar for the third time in November 2017, and they had a third child, a son. In 2020, he filed for divorce in Fort Bend County, Texas, but a month later asked for the petition to be dismissed, which a judge granted.
Three years later, Jabbar again sought a divorce, but Shaneen countersued, accusing him of “gross disregard” of her financial responsibilities, sparking a bitter legal battle, ABC News reported.
Court filings also show that Mr. Jabbar's property management company was losing money. He wanted the couple to sell the house and split the money as part of their divorce.
“We cannot afford the housing costs. We have over $27,000 in past due payments and are at risk of foreclosure if the divorce is not resolved,” he wrote in a letter to Shaneen's attorney. “The home was not in default at the time we agreed to the interim order. We misunderstood the terms of the loan modification we applied for at the time.”
In 2022, the court ruled that Shaneen would get the home, Jabbar was ordered to pay an additional $1,353 per month in child support for their son, and Shaneen was also granted primary custody. . The court ordered Deloitte to deduct additional child support payments from his paycheck, according to court records.
Jabbar plowed a rented truck emblazoned with an ISIS flag into a crowd of New Year's Eve revelers on New Orleans' iconic Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens. did.
According to the FBI, while driving from Houston to New Orleans, he posted a series of disturbing videos on Facebook pledging allegiance to ISIS.
He originally intended to kill his family and friends, but changed his mind because he feared media coverage would detract from the “war between believers and unbelievers,” said FBI counterterrorism agent Chris Reier. he told reporters on Thursday.
Jabbar was shot and killed by New Orleans police after he got out of his truck and began firing.
Officials told the Post he had never been placed on a terrorist watch list.
