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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the military veteran who officials say carried out the New Orleans New Year’s Eve terror attack early Wednesday worked with the consulting firm Deloitte, making about $10,000 a month.
Deloitte said in a statement that Jabbar had “served in a staff role” since being hired in 2021 and that the company was doing everything it could to assist authorities.
Consulting firm Deloitte has confirmed that New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar has been employed since 2021. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“We are shocked by today’s reports that the person identified as a suspect was associated with our company,” Deloitte said in a statement to FOX Business on Wednesday evening. “The named individual has served in a staff role since being hired in 2021.”
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The company added: “Like everyone else, we are outraged by this shameful and senseless act of violence and are doing everything we can to assist the authorities in their investigation.”
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, suspect in the Bourbon Street terror attack. (@FBI via X / Fox News)
Authorities identified Jabbar as the man who was driving by truck through the crowd on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, killing 15 people and injuring dozens of others. Jabbar, who died at the scene of the attack, was a US citizen who lived in Texas.
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Despite Jabbar’s well-paid position at Deloitte, he had financial problems, according to USA Today. The media reported that court documents for his second divorce in 2022 showed Jabbar’s base salary at Deloitte was $120,000, and the suspect warned his lawyer that he was at risk of losing his home.
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“Time is of the essence,” Jabbar wrote to his attorney in an email in January 2022, according to the report. “I can’t afford the house payments. I’m over $27,000 in arrears and at risk of foreclosure if we delay the divorce settlement.”
