On January 1, 2025, at around 3:15 a.m. CST , Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot. Fifteen people were killed, including the perpetrator, and at least fifty-seven others were injured, including two police officers who were shot. The attack occurred during New Year celebrations in the city, which was scheduled to host the 2025 Sugar Bowl later that day.

The assailant, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was an American-born resident of Houston, Texas. An Islamic State (IS) flag was found in the truck. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) determined that Jabbar had been inspired by IS. It investigated the matter as domestic terrorism, since there was no evidence of any foreign direction behind the attack. Jabbar, who had been radicalized, posted videos pledging his allegiance to IS in the hours before the attack.

Timeline

December 30, 2024

• Jabbar rented a Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Houston.

December 31, 2024

• Jabbar purchased one of the coolers that would be used to store one of his IEDs at a store in Texas
• 2:30 p.m.: Jabbar arrived to Louisiana from Houston
• 9:00 p.m.: Jabbar’s vehicle was spotted in Gonzales Louisiana
• 10:00 p.m.: Jabbar unloaded his truck in front of his rental house

January 1, 2025

• 12:41 a.m.: Jabbar walked to Royal and Governor Nichols Street after parking his truck
• 1:29–3:02 a.m.: Jabbar posted five videos on Facebook and gave a final will and testament.
• 1:53 a.m.: Jabbar planted the first IED inside of a cooler at Bourbon Street near St. Peter street
• Jabbar returned to his truck to retrieve the second IED which was in a different type of cooler
• 2:20 a.m.: Jabbar planted the second IED at Bourbon and Toulouse Streets. Both areas where the IEDs were placed were located in the French Quarter.
• 3:15 a.m.: Jabbar drove down Canal Street before evading a traffic barricade and turning onto Bourbon Street, where he ran over dozens of pedestrians.
• 3:17 a.m.: Jabbar exited the truck and shot at responding police officers before being killed by police returning gunfire in a shootout.
• Shortly after 5 a.m.: A fire was reported in Jabbar’s rental home
• 4:03 p.m.: The Sugar Bowl announced the game would be rescheduled to January 2.

January 2, 2025

• 2–8 a.m.: Officials begin cleaning Bourbon Street at 2:00 a.m. and finish at 8:00 a.m.
• Around 1:00 p.m.: Bourbon Street reopens to pedestrians.

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