An FBI suspect in New Orleans set fire to a rental property before carrying out a terrorist attack.

Evidence of the New Orleans attack suspect's rental history at an Airbnb was recovered by authorities.

The driver responsible for the deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans burned down his rental property to destroy evidence of bomb-making materials before the attack, according to the FBI and the ATF.

On Friday, the agencies declared that they suspect 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar started a small fire in the hallway of his Airbnb and placed accelerants throughout the house to destroy it and any evidence of his crime. However, the fire burned out before spreading to other rooms.

The FBI recovered evidence from the rented Airbnb, including "pre-cursors for bomb-making material and a privately made device suspected of being a silencer for a rifle," the agencies stated.

Investigators search the rental home used by Shamsud-Din Jabbar in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, January 2, 2024. Multiple people are dead and dozens are injured after Jabbar rammed his car into crowds of New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday. (Kat Ramirez for Planet Chronicle Digital)

New information on Jabbar's movements before driving a high-speed vehicle down Bourbon Street on New Year's Day was revealed by the FBI and the ATF.

Authorities stated that Jabbar had placed two improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, on Bourbon Street. Despite his efforts, he was unable to detonate the explosives before his death.

According to the FBI, during his attack on Bourbon Street, Jabbar intended to use a transmitter found in his F150 truck to detonate the two IEDs he had placed on the street.

Jabbar on surveillance before the New Orleans attack — The Federal Bureau of Investigation released photos of surveillance footage that shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans, early Jan. 1, 2025. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)

The agencies have finished recovering all evidence from Bourbon Street and the Airbnb rental on Mandeville Street used by Jabbar, according to the latest update.

The agencies are evaluating evidence gathered from various sources to advance the investigation.

by Sarah Rumpf-Whitten 1/3/2025, 11:20:28 PM

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