FBI seizes phones, laptops from terror suspect's New Orleans Airbnb
QUARTER AND DOWNTOWN HAVE REOPENED. STILL A VERY ACTIVE CRIME SCENE IN THE SAINT ROCH NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, THAT’S ON MANDEVILLE STREET. THAT AIRBNB WHERE OFFICIALS FOUND, THEY SAID THAT THE SUSPECT, JABAR, WAS THERE. AND SO THAT’S BEEN AN ACTIVE SCENE ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND TODAY. SHAY O’CONNOR IS LIVE THERE WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION. AND YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND MOVEMENT FROM FROM VEHICLES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS COMPLETE AREA IS STILL BLOCKED OFF. THIS IS THE 1300 BLOCK OF MANDEVILLE STREET, WHERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE. AND PEOPLE WHO I’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY ARE DISTURBED, TO SAY THE LEAST. NOW, THIS IS OFFICIALS WORK TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT. SHROVE SHAMSUDDEEN JABAR. AFTER EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER ITEMS WERE FOUND IN THAT AIRBNB DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE WE’RE STANDING, WHERE HE WAS LIVING NOW, WHILE AN OFFICIAL MOTIVE IS NOT KNOWN, WE DO KNOW JABAR PLEDGED HIS ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS BEFORE THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED, JETTING DOWN BOURBON AS THOUSANDS WERE CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR, 14 KILLED, ABOUT 40 HURT. JUST A TRAGIC SITUATION. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA SAY THEY’VE SEEN JABAR BEFORE, INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO SAYS HE BELIEVES HE SAW JABAR AT A NEARBY BUSINESS RECENTLY BECAUSE HIS EYES ARE VERY DISTINCT. SO TO LOOK INTO THOSE EYES AND TO ALREADY FEEL A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MADE ME REALIZE SOMETIMES YOU DON’T KNOW WHO’S WHO’S NEXT DOOR OR WHAT TYPE OF EVIL IS IN THEIR MIND. AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST A LOT OF ACTIVITY. STILL, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY OUT HERE JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. AND OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU. REPORTING LIVE FROM ALONG MANDEVILLE STREET, SHAY O’CONNOR WD
FBI seizes phones, laptops from terror suspect's New Orleans Airbnb
Updated: 12:33 PM CST Jan 3, 2025
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ABOVE: FBI now says suspect acted alone in New Orleans terror attack inspired by Islamic StateThe FBI announced on Thursday that several pieces of technology had been seized from a St. Roch Airbnb that was connected to New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar. People in the area were evacuated on Wednesday after a fire was reported at the Airbnb at 1329 Mandeville Street. Officials said the FBI confiscated three of Jabbar's phones and two laptops from the Airbnb. New video obtained by CNN shows a ring doorbell camera capturing Jabbar unloading the truck used in the attack at the Airbnb.Investigators are still searching that home, and are investigating the cause of a fire that happened at the property.At least 14 people were killed and 35 were injured when officials say Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street New Year's Day.
NEW ORLEANS — ABOVE: FBI now says suspect acted alone in New Orleans terror attack inspired by Islamic State
The FBI announced on Thursday that several pieces of technology had been seized from a St. Roch Airbnb that was connected to New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
People in the area were evacuated on Wednesday after a fire was reported at the Airbnb at 1329 Mandeville Street.
Officials said the FBI confiscated three of Jabbar's phones and two laptops from the Airbnb.
New video obtained by CNN shows a ring doorbell camera capturing Jabbar unloading the truck used in the attack at the Airbnb.
Investigators are still searching that home, and are investigating the cause of a fire that happened at the property.
At least 14 people were killed and 35 were injured when officials say Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street New Year's Day.