As more information emerges about the ISIS-supporting terrorist who ran down dozens of people in New Orleans, leaving at least 10 dead, it has now been revealed that he recorded several disturbing videos on his drive from Texas.
As RedState reported, the killer was identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, an American who had recently been radicalized. According to CNN, the videos in question give more details on his personal life and the timeline involved. During one of his rants, he discussed being divorced from his wife and how he had planned to gather his entire family together, including his children, to murder them. Instead, he decided to join ISIS, citing several dreams he had.
New Orleans: “The suspect made reference to his divorce & how he had at first planned to gather his family for a ‘celebration’ with the intention of killing them…He changed his plans & said he joined ISIS. He referenced several dreams he had about why he should be joining ISIS.” pic.twitter.com/Z0S5FKKVOn
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) January 1, 2025
Other reports note that Jabbar had converted to Islam sometime over the last few years. He had moved into a trailer park located just blocks from a local mosque. He also kept sheep and goats on the property.
The videos themselves have not been released and likely won’t be given they were not posted online before the attack, but they point to the man’s clear derangement. What drove Jabbar to that point? Was he radicalized in a mosque, perhaps the one in his neighborhood? Was he connected with a larger terrorist cell? Was there an honor-killing aspect to his desire to kill his family?
We don’t have those answers yet, but it seems rather unlikely he just randomly went insane for no reason with no outside influence. By all appearances, Jabbar led a relatively normal, even successful life until his conversion to Islam. More needs to be known, though, to figure out exactly when the switch flipped for him.
Meanwhile, the explosion of a Cybertruck in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas which left one person dead and others injured has also been confirmed to have been a deliberate attack. A detonation device was discovered within the remains of the vehicle, and it was packed with fireworks to create a makeshift bomb. Both the Cybertruck and the F-150 Lightening driven by Jabbar were rented from the same car-sharing company.
I believe in coincidences, but I’m not sure I believe that someone just happened to blow up a truck in front of a Trump property on the same day as a terrorist attack in New Orleans without there being any connection between the two events. There’s a lot to discover here, but for the moment it sure looks like the coddling of Islamists that has taken place over the last several years has ended very badly for the American public. Serious change is needed.
