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NEW ORLEANS – both New Orleans Police Department officers Those injured in the Jan. 1 terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 dead, including attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar, are recovering after heroically neutralizing the ISIS-motivated perpetrator, according to their lawyer.
NOPD officers shot and killed Jabbar after he drove an electric Ford F-150 pickup truck through a New Year’s crowd around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 1, killing 14 civilians and opening fire on police in a act of Terrorism motivated by Islamic extremism.
“Both are expected to make a full recovery,” NOPD attorney Eric Hessler, a former NOPD officer, told Fox News Digital.
The two officers, whose identities have not yet been released, were heading to an unrelated call early New Year’s morning when “the vehicle flew past them and hit the tow truck,” Hessler said.
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Authorities patrol Bourbon Street as it reopens in New Orleans, La., Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024. Several people were killed and dozens injured after a man plowed his car into a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
“Within seconds, they reacted and started doing what they were trained to do and what the situation required them to do,” Hessler explained.
“They were involved in a series of very traumatic, stressful and very rapidly evolving events.”
Officers immediately began determining whether or not the car accident was intentional, and when they realized it was more than likely intentional, police drew their weapons to tackle the active threat.
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Investigators work at the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd at Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
“They handled it correctly. They handled it the way they were trained. And they are handling the consequences, as difficult as they are, the way they were trained,” the attorney said.
Street camera video from the morning of the attack shows a group of officers standing near Bourbon Street immediately running toward danger when the call came in about an incident with a suspicious vehicle.
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Hessler further described the actions of the responding officers as “heroic” and “well thought out.”
“They didn’t have the opportunity to make real tactical decisions among themselves. They acted as a team. Some of these men and women had never worked together before,” the lawyer said. “Many were from different jurisdictions. But the individual officers who were closest to the scene, who acted on a threat and eliminated it, did everything they would be expected to do and more, especially under these circumstances.”
Shamsud-Din Jabbar in an undated photo released by the FBI after he attacked New Orleans’ Bourbon Street with a pickup truck and was killed in a shootout with responding officers. (FBI)
Christopher Raia, Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI He said Thursday that authorities believe Jabbar acted alone. Officials also located two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in different locations in the French Quarter after the terrorist attack. They were placed in coolers.
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A memorial to those killed in the New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street following the street’s reopening in New Orleans, Louisiana, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024. Several people were killed and dozens were injured after a man rammed his car to a crowd of people on New Year’s Eve. revelers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
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Before his attack in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook declaring his support. by the Islamic State (ISIS)the FBI said at a news conference Thursday.
Victims of the attack identified as of Thursday include Martin “Tiger” Bech, 27; Drew Dauphin, 26; Nikyra Dedeaux, 18 years old; Nicole Perez, 28; Reggie Hunter, 37 years old; Hubert Gauthreaux, 21 years old; Kareem Bilal Badawi. 18; Mateo Tenedorio, 25; Billy DiMaio, 25; and Terrence Kennedy, 63.
