(AP) The Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New Orleans fired at police from inside his vehicle before officers fatally shot him, police bodycam footage released Friday shows.
“They killed the terrorist. … They are national heroes,” New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said of the officers at a news conference.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar had driven his white F-150 around a police car blockading the entrance of Bourbon Street, the city’s most famous thoroughfare, and plowed into revelers about 3:15 a.m. New Year’s Day, killing 14 and injuring dozens.
After the vehicle crashes, officer Christian Beyer stands beside the truck’s open driver’s side door with his gun raised, bodycam footage from approaching officer Luis Robles shows.
