New Orleans attack: Search continues for potential Bourbon Street accomplices as state AG vows death penalty

Authorities are still looking for potential accomplices Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans 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 with accomplices to coordinate the attack, though she and other officials declined to offer specifics. Jabbar’s attack killed at least 15 people and injured dozens of others.

“In Louisiana, we have the death penalty, and we will carry it out!” Murrill wrote about X.

Jabbar had posted videos on social media before his attack expressing allegiance to the Islamic State. The FBI’s investigation has spanned several states, although the number of potential accomplices remains unknown.

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An FBI-released photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. (F.B.I.)

“FBI special agents and our law enforcement partners are currently conducting a series of court-authorized search warrants in New Orleans and other states,” the bureau said in a statement. “The FBI’s Evidence Response Team continues to process the crime scene to meticulously gather all relevant evidence.”

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The FBI said they do not believe the driver acted alone. Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in Jabbar’s truck along with other devices elsewhere in the French Quarter.

Jabbar, a native American born in Texas, had previously served in the United States Army. Authorities are still investigating how and when he became radicalized.

Jabbar served in the Army as a Human Resources Specialist and Information Technology (IT) Specialist from March 2007 to January 2015.

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After active duty, he served in the Army Reserves as an IT Specialist from January 2015 to July 2020.

During his tenure, he deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill threatened the death penalty for any accomplice of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. (Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill)

Authorities have already searched an AirBnB in New Orleans believed to be connected to Jabbar. They are also executing a search warrant at his main residence in Houston, Texas.

The attack led authorities to postpone the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night. The sporting event is now scheduled to take place on Thursday evening. Some officials called for the event to be delayed further.

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Meanwhile, President-elect Trump called on the CIA to get involved in the investigation, slamming Jabbar as “violent scum” and the current administration as “incompetent and corrupt.”

His statement came after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It is not clear if the bombing, which killed one person, is related to the New Orleans attack.

An investigator photographs a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the hotel lobby of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. At least one person was killed and seven injured. (WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images)

“Our country is a disaster, a laughing stock around the world! This is what happens when you have OPEN BORDERS, with weak, ineffective and virtually non-existent leadership. The DOJ, FBI and Democratic state and local prosecutors have not not done their. They are incompetent and corrupt, having spent all their waking hours illegally attacking their political opponent, ME, rather than focusing about protecting Americans from outside. in the violent SCUM that has infiltrated every aspect of our government, and our Nation itself,” Trump wrote on social media.

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“Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our Country. The CIA must step in, NOW, before it’s too late. The USA is breaking down – A Violent Erosion of Security, National Security and Democracy has happened throughout our Nation, only the force and the powerful leadership will stop it on January 20.