The New Orleans Police Department has identified the officers who fatally shot the Houston man who carried out the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says body camera footage shows officers approaching Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s pickup truck after it crashed into construction equipment in the 300-block of Bourbon Street.
“As officers surrounded the vehicle, the driver fired at them. In response, Sgt. Nigel Daggs along with officers Christian Beyer and Jacobie Jordan, returned fire. They killed the terrorist,” Kirkpatrick said.
Kirkpatrick says officers Nigel Daggs, Christian Byer and Jacobie Jordan are heroes. Daggs is a 21-year veteran and Byer and Jordan have been on the force for nearly two years. She says they are being recognized for their bravery.
“The officers have been in good spirits, and this weekend they are being honored in Texas as well as some other national recognition, so that’s why they are national heroes,” Kirkpatrick said.
Kirkpatrick says two officers that were shot by Jabbar in the gun fight have been treated and released .
NOPD released the name of the officers involved in the shooting of Jabbar in conjunction with the release of the body camera video. She says the three officers who returned fire were placed on administrative reassignment as part of department policy, but they have been cleared to return to regular duty.
“All officers are faced with ‘Shoot-Don’t Shoot,’ and this was clearly within the law,” Kirkpatrick explained.
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