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TMZ has obtained a video that shows the New Orleans Bourbon Street terrorist attack from a new angle, and it's heartbreaking.
You can see a crowd of people brooding in the street and people dancing on the sidewalk… celebrating the New Year. Then, suddenly, people are jostling on the street… the pickup truck is clearly visible – with them Shamsud Din Jabbar at the wheel – shouting towards them.
It's quite a miracle…almost everyone saves themselves and moves to the sidewalk as quickly as they can. We froze the video because the vehicle hits the woman in the white shirt and gray skirt – and the truck throws her into the air. We also didn't show how other Jabbar was hit as the car continued on its deadly path.
The video continues, showing people running down Bourbon Street alongside police officers and a security guard. Then suddenly everyone turns around and runs back to the camera. Apparently at this point Jabbar got into a shootout with the police…which ended with the shooting of two officers and the death of Jabbar.
As you know, there were 14 people killed in the attack. The FBI now says Jabbar acted alone.
Authorities initially thought four others were accomplices, but a source with direct knowledge told TMZ that the three men and one woman were acting righteously Partygoers who saw a cooler on the street and opened it because I thought there was alcohol in it. They apparently didn't know that the device inside was an IED.