Suspect set fire to rental property in New Orleans

The driver behind the deadly terrorist New Year’s attack in New Orleans set his rental property on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence of a bomb before the attack, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said.

In a joint statement Agencies revealed Friday that they believe Shamsud-Deen Jabbar, 42, started a small fire in the hallway of his Airbnb rental before the attack and “strategically placed accelerants throughout the home to destroy it and other evidence of his crime.” But they said the fire burned itself out before spreading to other rooms.

The smoldering fire allowed the FBI to obtain evidence from the Airbnb rental, including “precursors for bomb-making material and a private device suspected to be a silencer for a rifle,” the agencies said.

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The FBI and ATF also revealed new information about Jabbar’s movements before he sped down popular Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

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Jabbar also planted two improvised explosive devices along Bourbon Street, authorities said. He did not have time to activate two explosives before death.

“The FBI believes that during the Bourbon Street attack, Jabbar intended to use the transmitter that was found in the F150 truck to detonate two improvised explosive devices that he placed on Bourbon Street,” the agency said.

The FBI released surveillance photos showing Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove his truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on January 1, 2025. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)

In the latest update, the agency said that all the evidence had been found on Bourbon Street and the Mandeville Street Airbnb rental used by Jabbar has been completed.

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“Evidence collected from multiple sites is being evaluated for further investigation,” the agencies said.