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New Orleans terror suspect's brother says attack is sign of 'radicalization': report

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New Orleans terror suspect's brother says attack is sign of 'radicalization': report

HOUSTON – The brother of the suspected terrorist accused of ramming a truck through crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans discussed his brother’s religious background in a recent interview and said the attack was an example of “radicalization.” 

Abdur Jabbar, 24, spoke to The New York Times in Beaumont, Texas, where he and Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, grew up, saying they were raised Christian, but the now-deceased suspect had converted to Islam. 

“As far as I know, he was a Muslim for most of his life,” the brother told the Times.

“What he did does not represent Islam,” he added. “This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”

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A next-door neighbor, who asked not to be identified, told Fox News Digital he had seen Shamsud-Din Jabbar loading up the white truck on Tuesday outside his Houston home, the morning before the attack in New Orleans. He said he spoke with Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who told him he had gotten a job and was moving to Louisiana. The neighbor said he was under the impression Shamsud-Din Jabbar had gotten another job in IT.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s home in Houston. (Peter Pinedo/ Fox News Digital)

“He said he got the job that day in Louisiana,” the man said, describing how Shamsud-Din Jabbar was loading “very light stuff, handheld stuff, not heavy stuff” into the truck.

“The morning he was moving, I asked him if he needed help moving out, as a neighbor, ‘Do you need any help for moving?’ He said, ‘I’m OK,’” the neighbor told Fox News Digital.

The neighbor expressed disbelief upon learning Shamsud-Din Jabbar was accused of the Bourbon Street bloodshed. “Blow my mind, I was shocked, somebody seized the carpet under my feet, I was just like too shocked, unbelievable, ‘This really happened?’” the man said. “Like I said, we still don’t believe, we still don’t believe that that’s the person, just there’s no way, it can’t be like that.”

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The Times reported that Jabbar was known “as a smart, caring brother and a quiet, helpful neighbor.” 

The newspaper also spoke to Chris Pousson, a 42-year-old retired Air Force veteran who lives in Beaumont and went to middle and high school with Jabbar. 

Referring to Jabbar as “Sham,” Pousson described him to the Times as “quiet, reserved, and really, really smart.”

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston home where law enforcement knocked down a gate. (Peter Pinedo/ Fox News Digital)

The FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, drove a rented Ford pick-up truck laden with an ISIS flag, weapons and a potential improvised explosive device (IED) into a crowd of New Year’s revelers at approximately 3:15 a.m. local time Wednesday, killing at least 15 and injuring more than 30 others. Authorities said other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. 

A photo released by the FBI of Shamsud Din-Jabbar.

A photo released by the FBI of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. (FBI)

Authorities say Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran who recently held a six-figure job, opened fire on law enforcement officers, who returned fire, and was declared dead at the scene. 

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Aerial image of New Orleans attack suspect’s home in Houston. (KRIV)

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar at one point was stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and deployed once to Afghanistan, the Times reported, citing court documents. 

The U.S. Army said Shamsud-Din Jabbar worked mostly as an information technology specialist and was discharged from the Army Reserve in 2020 with the rank of staff sergeant. 

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Law enforcement officials execute a search warrant at the New Orleans attack suspect’s home in Houston. (KRIV)

Shamsud-Din Jabbar had been married and divorced twice. He shared two daughters, ages 15 and 20, with his first wife, Nakedra Charrlle Marsh, the Times reported. 

Her new husband, Dwayne Marsh, said Shamsud-Din Jabbar had been acting erratically in recent months, “being all crazy, cutting his hair” after converting to Islam, and that they stopped letting him around the daughters. 

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Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s brother said the suspect was also the father to a 6-year-old son. 

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Illegal immigrant Honduran gang member kidnapped US woman, ‘giggled’ after threatening to sell organs: report

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Illegal immigrant Honduran gang member kidnapped US woman, ‘giggled’ after threatening to sell organs: report

A Honduran gang member “giggled” and “smirked” as he confessed to kidnapping a young Texas woman at gunpoint and threatening to pimp her out and harvest her organs on Christmas Eve, according to police. 

Illegal immigrant Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy, 35, allegedly forced the 22-year-old Haltom City woman into the back seat of her car at gunpoint as she was leaving for work around 4:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve. After making her withdraw cash from an ATM, he drove her 22 miles away to the town of Grapevine, according to charging documents obtained by Fox 4 News.

There, Godoy allegedly tied his victim to a tree with her shoelaces and threatened to “prostitute her” or “sell her organs,” Haltom City Police Sergeant Rick Alexander told Fox 4. 

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Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy, 35, is currently being held in jail in Oklahoma City facing multiple felonies and misdemeanors in Oklahoma, where he was captured. He is also facing aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges in Haltom City, Texas. (Haltom City Police Department)

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The woman was able to escape and ran to a nearby resident for help, according to the department, and was not physically harmed in the abduction.

Haltom City Police reported the victim’s car stolen. Less than 24 hours later, police in Oklahoma City found the vehicle and arrested Godoy. 

Godoy appeared to have no remorse for the attack that left the woman fearing for her life, Haltom City police said.

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Eduardo Javier Ordonez Godoy allegedly tied his victim to a tree with her shoelaces and threatened to “prostitute her” or “sell her organs,” according to Sergeant Rick Alexander of the Haltom City Police Department, pictured. (Haltom City Police Department)

“He smirked a lot, he giggled, and, you know, he was almost proud of what he did,” Alexander told Fox 4.

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“He claims he’s a thief. He wants money,” he continued. “But, you know, in this case, clearly he went beyond that and brought a firearm into it.”

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The victim was taken to the Camden Apartments at 3900 Grapevine Mills Parkway in Grapevine, Texas, pictured, where she was restrained, according to Haltom City Police. (Google Maps)

Before the Christmas Eve kidnapping, Godoy had committed similar crimes and been deported back to his home country, where he was affiliated with a violent gang, the New York Post reported. 

According to the charging documents, Godoy faces charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, possessing stolen property and carrying or possessing a firearm by an illegal alien in Oklahoma City.

In Haltom City, he faces two first-degree felonies for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery.

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Godoy is currently being held at Oklahoma County Detention Center and has an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer because of his immigration status, police said.

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Man charged with drug possession now ‘facing consequences’ of recently passed Prop 36: SBSD 

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Man charged with drug possession now ‘facing consequences’ of recently passed Prop 36: SBSD 

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to remind residents of the effects of the recently passed Proposition 36 after a man was arrested on narcotics possession charges early Friday morning. 

Prop 36, officially titled The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act, was passed by voters by a wide margin in November and went into effect on Dec. 18. Among other things, it includes several new charges, including enhanced sentencing and statutes that can prevent certain offenders from being cited and released prior to their court appearance. 

After the legislation was went into effect, law enforcement agencies across the region have used several methods to get the word out about the consequences, including releasing a video that shows suspects discussing the new law from the back of a police car late last month. 

A more recent incident involving the new consequences of Prop 36 occurred just before 9 a.m. Friday when a 54-year-old Apple Valley resident was contacted by deputies in the area of Bear Valley Road and Algonquin Road.

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The man, John Michael Laughlin, was found to be in possession of illegal narcotics and arrested, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated.

He was booked into the High Desert Detention Center on drug possession charges with previous a previous conviction and traffic warrants. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. 

Anyone with any information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy E. Natty with Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001.

Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave the information on the We-Tip website.

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'Beacon of selflessness': ISIS victim Kayla Mueller honored at congressman's swearing-in 10 years after death

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'Beacon of selflessness': ISIS victim Kayla Mueller honored at congressman's swearing-in 10 years after death

FIRST ON FOX: Newly-minted Arizona Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh was sworn in to the U.S. House Friday, revealing to Fox News Digital that he honored the life of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller by using her family’s Bible during the ceremony in Washington, D.C.

“This year will mark 10 years since the tragic loss of Kayla Mueller, a beacon of selflessness and courage whose legacy continues to inspire Americans across the nation. Kayla’s parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, have borne the unimaginable pain of losing their daughter and endured years of uncertainty surrounding her fate,” Hamadeh told Fox News Digital. “Their strength and resilience are the foundation of Kayla’s extraordinary spirit.”

A humanitarian worker from Arizona, Mueller was abducted by terrorists while leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo, Syria, in 2013. She was held hostage for 18 months, when she was believed to be repeatedly tortured and raped by ISIS militants, including then-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 

Mueller was killed in February 2015. 

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Arizona Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh with Kayla Mueller’s parents Jan. 3, 2025. (Fox Digital )

Mueller’s parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, have previously praised President-elect Trump for carrying out a military mission in 2019 that killed al-Baghdadi and spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention. 

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“The Trump team gave us empathy we never received from the Obama administration. Kayla should be here. If Donald Trump had been president when Kayla was captive, she would be here today,” Carl Mueller said. 

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Kayla Mueller was a humanitarian worker from Arizona. (Associated Press, File)

Hamadeh cited the Muellers’ 2020 RNC address in his comment to Fox Digital, reflecting on how the young woman’s mother read a letter her daughter wrote while imprisoned, which stated: “I have been shown in darkness light and have learned that even in prison, one can be free.”

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Kayla Mueller’s family’s Bible.  (Fox Digital)

“What a powerful thing to write in the face of such horror. Kayla’s unshakable faith and inner strength were a reflection of the values instilled by her remarkable parents,” Hamadeh said. 

“As I take the oath of office, I am profoundly honored to fulfill my promise to the Muellers and the American people by being sworn into Congress using Kayla’s family Bible. It serves as a testament to her unwavering belief in light over darkness and freedom over oppression.”

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Arizona Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh with Kayla Mueller’s parents on Jan. 3, 2025. (Kayla Mueller Family)

Hamadeh, 33, is an Army veteran and former Maricopa County prosecutor who won his election to represent Arizona’s 8th Congressional District during the 2024 cycle. The Trump-backed candidate, the son of Syrian immigrants, joined Fox News Digital in November for his first interview since winning the election, celebrated the GOP’s successes nationwide and previewed his top priorities. 

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“I know election integrity is the top of my list as well, because without secure elections, we can’t have a republic. And, so, I know that’s going to be top priorities — election integrity, border security, as well as making sure we increase our energy independence — because that’s going to help reduce inflation rather quickly once we start growing the economy,” Hamadeh told Fox Digital at the time. 

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Republican Abe Hamadeh is an Army veteran. (Abe for Arizona)

[Trump] does have a mandate from the American people,” Hamadeh added. “The last time a Republican won the popular vote and Electoral College was 2004 with an incumbent president, President George W. Bush. You know, the last time it was a non-incumbent, I believe, was 1988 under George H.W. Bush. And he was still at least the VP at the time. So, this was a historic mandate. And President Trump, I’m going to support him all the way in Congress and make sure that we’re going to change our country around very quickly.”

Hamadeh told Fox Digital he will carry Kayla Mueller’s legacy with him as he dives into his work in Congress. 

“Kayla’s memory calls on us to live with purpose and courage, and I will carry her legacy with me as I fight for the freedoms and values she so deeply cherished. I am eternally grateful to Carl and Marsha Mueller for entrusting me with this sacred honor and for their enduring faith in our country’s ability to uphold the principles Kayla embodied,” he said. 

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Hamadeh’s swearing-in ceremony follows a tragic terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that left at least 14 dead and dozens injured when a truck plowed through crowds of people on Bourbon Street. 

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Authorities confirmed an ISIS flag was recovered in the suspect’s car and reported that the individual was “inspired” by the terrorist organization. But they believe he acted alone in carrying out the attack. 

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. 

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