The driver behind the deadly terrorist New Year’s attack in New Orleans set fire to his rental property in an attempt to destroy evidence of bomb-making before the attack, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said.
ua joint statement On Friday, agencies revealed they believe 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar started a small fire in the hallway of his Airbnb rental before the attack and “strategically placed accelerants throughout the home in an attempt to destroy it and other evidence of his crime.” But they said the fire extinguished itself before it spread to other rooms.
The smoldering fire allowed the FBI to recover evidence from the Airbnb rental, including “precursors to bomb-making materials and a privately made device suspected to be a rifle silencer,” the agencies said.
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The FBI and ATF also revealed new information about Jabbar’s movements before speeding down popular Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
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Jabbar also planted two improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, along Bourbon Street, authorities said. He failed to detonate two explosives before his death.
“The FBI estimates that during the Bourbon Street attack, Jabbar intended to use the transmitter, which was found in the F150 truck, to detonate two IEDs that he planted on Bourbon Street,” the agencies said.
The FBI released surveillance photos showing Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove the truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on January 1, 2025. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
In the latest update, the agencies said all evidence had been recovered along Bourbon Street and on the Mandeville Street Airbnb rental used by Jabbar is complete.
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“Evidence collected from multiple locations is being evaluated for further investigation,” the agencies said.
