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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old man from Texas who committed the terror massacre in New Orleans that killed 15 and wounded 30 others, reportedly was divorced and his ex-wife had once filed a restraining order against him.
Jabbar was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, but was living in Houston. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Driving a rented pickup truck with an ISIS flag attached to the back, Jabbar stepped on the gas and plowed his vehicle straight into the crowd who were simply celebrating New Years.
Jabbar had reportedly posted videos just hours prior to the attack, saying he was inspired by ISIS to commit the massacre.
Below is an excerpt from a report by NBC News:
An ex-wife of New Orleans attack suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar filed for a restraining order against him shortly after a divorce petition, according to public records obtained by NBC News.
Shaneen Chantil Jabbar was granted a temporary restraining order against Jabbar on July 22, 2020, five days after a petition for divorce was filed involving the couple, according to the order.
The temporary restraining order said both parties could not “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly [cause] bodily injury to the other party or to a child of either party” or “[threaten] the other party or a child of either party with imminent bodily injury.”
The divorce case was dismissed in August 2020, but another petition was filed in 2021. In August 2022, a judge filed an order saying the couple were divorced on the “ground of insupportability,” according to the documents.
Jabbar was ordered to pay his ex-wife monthly child support, the order said.
The suspect who plowed into people on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street appeared to have an ISIS flag on the vehicle, two senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News. https://t.co/gFtclZ834e
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 1, 2025
The Associated Press reported additional details on Jabbar’s divorce, and his financial problems:
Divorce records show that in January 2022, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was $27,000 behind on house payments. He wanted to quickly finalize the divorce.
“I have exhausted all means of bringing the loan current other than a loan modification, leaving us no alternative but to sell the house or allow it to go into foreclosure,” he wrote in an email to his now-ex-wife’s attorney.
His businesses were struggling, too. One, Blue Meadow Properties LLC, lost about $28,000 over the previous year. Two others he started, Jabbar Real Estate Holdings LLC and BDQ L3C, weren’t worth anything.
The divorce was approved in September 2024.
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