Suspect Shamsud Din Jabbar cut off from kids before Nola attack & shaved head as erratic behavior & chilling vids probed
THE suspected domestic terrorist behind the New Orleans bloodbath grew increasingly erratic in the months before the deadly New Year's Day attack.
Federal investigators are still piecing together a motive behind Shamsud Din Jabbar's harrowing act and what drove the US Army veteran to ram a pickup truck through a crowd of revelers alongside the renowned Bourbon Street.
President Joe Biden said Jabbar was "inspired by" the Islamic State terrorist organization after the FBI confirmed the suspect had an ISIS flag attached to the back of the rented Ford pickup truck.
The sickening attack occurred at 3:15 am on January 1, hours after hundreds of people along the packed French Quarter district of New Orleans celebrated the New Year.
Investigators said Jabbar was able to drive around a police security point by jumping a sidewalk on Bourbon Street before ramming into a sea of revelers, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30 others.
Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with New Orleans police.
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Now, details are slowly emerging of the domestic terrorist who lived a quiet life in a trailer park in Houston, Texas.
What he did does not represent Islam. This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.
Abdur Jabbar
Jabbar, who was born in the United States, was married twice but struggled to adjust to civilian life after a decade of active military service.
His younger brother, 24-year-old Abdur Jabbar, told The New York Times he last spoke to his older sibling two weeks before the massacre in New Orleans.
Abdur said he and his brother were raised Christians, but Jabbar had long converted to Islam.
"As far as I know, he was a Muslim for most of his life," Abdur told the outer.
"What he did does not represent Islam. This is more some type of radicalization, not religion."
Dwayne Marsh, who is married to Jabbar's first wife, Nakedra Charrlle Marsh, told The New York Times the suspect had been acting erratically in recent months, "being all crazy, cutting his hair" after converting to Islam.
Marsh said his wife stopped allowing her two daughters, whom she shared with Jabbar, from spending time with him.
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