U.S. President Joe Biden and very first woman Jill Biden will check out New Orleans on Monday to grieve with loved ones of the 14 individuals who were eliminated and 35 hurt there when a male drove a leased pickup at high speed through a group of pedestrians in the early hours of New Year's Day.
The Bidens prepare to consult with relative of the victims who were run over when the suspect, determined by authorities as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old military veteran from Houston, sped down dynamic Bourbon Street, a prime traveler, dining establishment and bar location. Authorities fatally shot Jabbar after he opened fire on officers.
“I've existed,” Biden informed press reporters Sunday ahead of his go to, reviewing the loss of his own member of the family through his years in public life. “There's absolutely nothing you can truly state to someone that's simply had such a terrible loss. My message is going to be individual if I get to get them alone.”
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Biden, with 2 weeks staying in workplace before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, is likewise consulting with detectives who state that Jabbar acted alone in the attack however was influenced by the Islamic State to perform the horror attack.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that Jabbar published 5 videos on social networks revealing assistance for the Islamic State terrorist group, or IS, over approximately an hour and a half before the attack as New Orleans revelers commemorated the very first hours of 2025. An IS flag was discovered in the back of the truck.
An authorities with the nation's leading criminal investigative firm stated Sunday that Jabbar, using specialized hands-free glasses, last October two times went to the French Quarter area where the attack took place.
This handout images drawn from a video launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Jan. 5, 2025 programs suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar tape-recording himself in a mirror with his Meta glasses before the New Orleans attack on Jan. 1, 2025.
Lyonel Myrthil, FBI unique representative in charge of the New Orleans Field Office, Myrthil stated video reveals the suspect riding through the French Quarter on a bike using “meta glasses” that can tape-recording or livestreaming.
Myrthil likewise stated authorities are likewise examining 2 foreign journeys Jabbar took, one to Cairo in the summertime of 2023 and after that to Canada a couple of days later on.
“Our representatives are getting the answer to where he went, who he opted for and how those journeys might or might not connect into his actions here,” Myrthil stated.
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia informed press reporters at a press conference Saturday, “All investigative information and proof that we have now still support that Jabbar acted alone here in New Orleans. We have actually not seen any signs of an accomplice in the United States, however we are still checking out possible partners in the U.S.
