Inside the run down trailer park home where New Orleans terrorist Jabbar lived with goats, chickens and sheep after he left the army and his life spiralled in to debt and two divorces
The terrorist who killed 15 people and left dozens injured in the New Orleans attack lived in a run-down caravan park where he kept sheep, chickens and goats after leaving the army, it has emerged.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Texas, drove an electric vehicle from Houston to Louisiana to carry out the deadly attack that killed 15 people and injured at least 35.
Jabbar, once an IT specialist with an established career in the military, fell quickly and was divorced twice. He lived in a squalid trailer park in Houston, Texas, where he kept farm animals, according to the New York Post.
He has also been divorced twice, with each divorce leaving him in apparent financial ruin.
His first wife sued him for child support in 2012, according to court records.
And in 2022, during his second divorce, he said in an email to his ex-wife’s lawyer that he had racked up more than $16,000 in credit card debt to pay for legal fees and the cost of a second home.
“I can’t afford the house payment,” he wrote, adding that his real estate company suffered more than $28,000 in losses the previous year.
His first wife, Nakedra Jabbar, has since remarried and she and her new husband cooperated with investigators, her husband’s father, Nelson Marsh Sr., told the New York Post.
Jabbar, once an IT specialist with an established career in the military, fell quickly and was divorced twice. He lived in a squalid trailer park in Houston, Texas, where he kept farm animals (pictured)
A drone shot shows Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Harris County law enforcement officers surrounding a home in an armored vehicle in north Houston, Texas, U.S., January 1, 2025
The terrorist lived in Houston, Texas
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen, drove a rental car waving an ISIS flag into the crowd on Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 people
Other legal troubles came in the form of arrests: once in Texas for theft in 2002, and once in 2005 for driving without a license.
According to military records reviewed by the New York Post, he served on active duty from March 2007 to January 2015 before becoming a reservist until July 2020.
The terrorist deployed to Afghanistan between February 2009 and January 2010 and left the service as a staff sergeant.
The year he left the military, he posted a video on YouTube to promote his real estate business.
In it, a clean-shaven Jabbar described himself as one a dependable, native Texan who spent ten years in the Army, which taught him “the meaning of great service.”
Jabbar traveled to Egypt for 10 days last year, officials told the Post.
His neighbors told the New York Post they knew little about him.
One man, Francois Venegas said Jabbar was a “simple person” who kept to himself, although they occasionally exchanged words on the street.
In a social media post, the FBI said the activity in North Houston is “related to this morning’s attack in New Orleans” and asked residents to avoid the area.
Officials confirmed that Jabbar had attached an ISIS flag to the truck he used to plow through the crowd
‘[He was] pretty quiet…Just walking, [he would say] “Hello,” “hola,” and that was it,” Venegas said.
Jabbar’s truck turned onto Bourbon Street, maneuvered past a NOLA Police Department vehicle and then rammed into a crowd of pedestrians.
After mowing down the revelers, he got out of the car and started shooting before being shot himself by police. The ordeal is being investigated as a terror attack.
The EV truck is a particularly deadly weapon due to its great height and weight and its ability to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
New Orleans police said the mechanical barricades installed at the intersection were not functioning properly, and they installed other barriers and police cars on parts of Bourbon Street before the holidays.
‘We knew that these were not functioning properly. So we did have a plan, but the terrorist defeated it,” said Chief Inspector Anne Kirkpatrick.
“This particular terrorist drove onto the sidewalk and bypassed the hard target. We had a car there, we had barriers there, we had officers there, and they could still get by.”
Officials confirmed that Jabbar had attached an ISIS flag to the truck he used to plow through the crowd.
“An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject’s possible associations and ties to terrorist organizations,” the FBI said.