New Orleans – Bourbon Street surveillance footage shared with FOX News Digital shows terrorist suspect Shamsuddin Jabbar speeding his electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck toward a crowd of New Year's revelers at high speeds. The video shows him narrowly escaping from the moving vehicle. January 1st.
Authorities said Mr. Jabbar drove his car through the crowd and then opened fire on police, killing 14 people and opening fire on police in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.
“A 500-pound vehicle traveling at breakneck speed through an urban area is absolutely devastating. And it's clear that this is becoming the tactic of choice among terrorists around the world. Because we're seeing a spike in these,'' FOX News contributor and former NYPD Inspector General Paul Mauro told FOX News Digital.
Mauro added that police departments across the country are changing their standard operating procedures because “it is no longer enough to wait for the federal government to implement counterterrorism measures.”
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Authorities are patrolling Bourbon Street as it reopens in New Orleans on Thursday. Multiple people were killed when a terrorist plowed an electric pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street early Thursday morning. (Kat Ramirez, Fox News Digital)
Mauro added that Jabbour may have made a conscious decision to rent an electric car in order to catch more victims by surprise, as “electric cars are generally very quiet.” Ta.
A manager at Krystal, a fast food restaurant on Bourbon Street, shared surveillance video with Fox Digital and said New Year's celebrations in the French Quarter were going relatively smoothly compared to previous years. The visitors were having fun, but not too naughty, he recalled.
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On December 31st, Shamsud Din Jabbar was seen on surveillance video walking near Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (FBI)
Multiple business employees who live near the Bourbon Street entrance told Fox News Digital that officials are planning to close the French Quarter during Christmas as the city plans permanent fencing repairs and renovations. Temporary barriers were installed to block traffic at certain street entrances.
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Barricades can be seen on Bourbon Street as the street reopened Thursday in New Orleans. (Kat Ramirez, Fox News Digital)
However, the barricade at the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street was not upright on New Year's Eve, allowing vehicles to cross the flattened barricade and enter Bourbon Street from Canal Street. Video shows Jabbar driving his rented pickup truck off Canal Street, evading a police vehicle blockade at the Bourbon Street entrance before plowing into revelers.
“We have to accept the fact that they made a mistake.”
“The lesson is that even with precautions, very large events cannot be made 100% safe. And we just have to accept that. Having said that, But we have to accept the fact that they made a mistake,'' Mauro said. “You have to ask yourself, if you have New Year's in New Orleans — and I've been there, and it's a zoo, so there's a lot of people there — then there's the Sugar Bowl, and then there's the Sugar Bowl. There's the Super Bowl, and you've decided to remove the barriers that existed to upgrade Mardis Gras?
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Kevin Scott, a charcoal chef at Felix restaurant on Bourbon Street, told Fox News Digital that he was working on New Year's Eve before the attack and left just before Jabbar drove his truck into the revelers. he said. Scott described the crowd as similar to one you might see at Mardi Gras.
The next day, he heard multiple witness statements from people saying there were “bodies everywhere” and people “screaming, screaming, just running for their lives.”
“This is a tragedy in New Orleans.”
“I came into the French Quarter and it's completely different now. … It feels different,” Scott said, adding that she was “very surprised” by the number of people who returned to Bourbon Street Thursday afternoon when officials reopened the area. ” he added.
Kevin Scott, a charcoal chef at Felix restaurant on Bourbon Street, told Fox News Digital that before the attack, he was working on New Year's Eve when Jabbar drove his truck into a crowd of revelers. He said he left just before the crash. (Fox News Digital)
Scott broke down in tears, saying her heart hurts for the victims' families.
“I just hope that all of us come together… to be a better place, a better world,” he said.
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A man kneels at a memorial to those killed in the New Year's Day attack as Bourbon Street reopens in New Orleans on Thursday. (Kat Ramirez, Fox News Digital)
FBI Assistant Director Christopher Reier said Thursday that authorities believe Jabbar was motivated by ISIS and acted alone. Authorities also found two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in different locations in the French Quarter after the terrorist attack. They were placed in a cooler.
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Before rampaging in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook declaring his support. For Islamic State (ISIS)the FBI said at a press conference Thursday.
Shamsud Din Jabbar is seen in an undated photo released by the FBI after he was killed in a shootout with responding police officers after a pickup truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (FBI)
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“In the first video, Mr. Jabbar explained that he only intended to harm his family and friends, but was concerned that headlines would focus on the 'war between believers and unbelievers.' said Laia.
Fox News Digital's Christina Coulter and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
