New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar lived in squalid home on caravan park surrounded by goats
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The terrorist who killed 15 people when he ploughed his truck down a crowded New Orleans street lived in a run-down caravan park where he kept sheep and goats in the yard. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, had an ISIS flag strapped to the rented Ford F-150 Lightning EV truck he used to carry out an act of premeditated terror on New Year’s Day, authorities say. A witness said the military veteran, born in Houston, Texas, was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did" but police believe he was not solely responsible.
Jabbar, who is reportedly twice divorced, was shot and killed by officers following his devastation on New Year's Day. It has since emerged the dad, who worked as an IT specialist, lived in a rickety trailer in Houston, where geese, sheep and goats roamed his garden.
The community of mobile homes and caravans mostly houses Muslim immigrants, New York Post reports. A neighbour told one of its reporters Jabbar was a "simple person" who kept to himself. They added: "[He was] pretty quiet…Just walking, [he would say] 'hello,' 'hola,' and that was it.".
But armed police in dozens of vehicles swarmed the community on Wednesday, as they continued to investigate the New Orleans atrocity. Although the two cities are around 350 miles apart, it is said Jabbar was determined to carry out his attack, reportedly inspired by ISIS, as revellers welcomed 2025.
Jabbar served in the Army for more than a decade and was deployed to Afghanistan, stationed there from February 2009 to January 2010. His service record details extensive military experience, eventually becoming staff sergeant when he left the military.
