Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 14 people were killed when Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)
Matthew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Authorities are still searching for potential accomplices to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd before being killed in a shootout with police on Wednesday.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told Fox News that there is evidence that Jabbar worked alongside accomplices to coordinate the attack, although she and other officials have declined to offer specifics. Jabbar’s attack killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others.
- “In Louisiana, we have the death penalty, and we will carry it out!” Murrill wrote on X.
- Jabbar had posted videos to social media prior to his attack expressing allegiance to the Islamic State. The FBI’s investigation has now spread across multiple states, though the number of potential accomplices remains unknown.
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