Body-worn camera footage released by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) shows the moment officers first encountered Shamsud-Din Jabbar—the allegedly ISIS-inspired attacker who plowed his truck into a New Year’s Day crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring dozens.
A flurry of shots is heard on the clip after Jabbar opens fire from behind an airbag when officers surround the white Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck he had crashed around 3:15 a.m.
“After the officers surrounded the pickup truck, the driver fired at them,” an accompanying NOPD statement said. “Three officers—Sergeant Nigel Daggs and Officers Christian Beyer and Jacobie Jordan—returned fire. The driver was pronounced deceased on scene.”…