New Orleans attack: Search continues for potential Bourbon Street accomplices as state AG vows death penalty
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The FBI is searching for potential accomplices to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was killed by police in a shootout after ramming his truck into a New Orleans crowd.
"In Louisiana, we have the death penalty, and we will carry it out!" Murrill wrote on X. Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 15 people were killed when Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images) Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 15 people were killed when Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images) Investigators work at the scene after Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar allegedly drove a vehicle into a crowd earlier on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Emergency services respond to the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
Jabbar had posted videos to social media prior to his attack expressing allegiance to the Islamic State. The FBI's investigation has now spread across multiple states, though the number of potential accomplices remains unknown.