New Orleans police release body camera footage of shootout with Bourbon Street terrorist

10 January

New body-worn camera footage has been released of the confrontation between police and a terrorist in the early morning hours of New Years' Day on New Orleans' Bourbon Street.

NBC News reported that the footage also marks the first time the names of the officers who shot and killed 42 year-old Shamsud din-Jabbar — a U.S. Army veteran — have been revealed to the public. New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said Officers Nigel Daggs, Christian Beyer and Jacobie Jordan were "well within policy" in fatally shooting the man who had just driven a truck through a crowd of people celebrating the new year.

"They killed the terrorist," Kirkpatrick said of the three officers. "They are national heroes."

In the video footage, which is roughly 10 seconds long, officers are seen standing with guns drawn outside of the truck din-Jabbar used to kill 14 people and injure dozens of others on the Crescent City's most famous street. Officer Luis Robles' body camera shows him walking up to the truck, where a man is seen inside wearing a white shirt.

Officers Beyer and Jordan are standing at the driver's side of the vehicle, while Daggs is on the passenger side. One officer can be heard yelling "put your hands up" before gunshots ring out. Robles then dives to the ground along with several other officers as police shoot at Jabbar.

"All officers are faced with ‘shoot, don’t shoot.’ And this was clearly within the law and clearly, solidly within policy," Kirkpatrick said.

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) stated that a result of the shootout, Officers Jordan and Joseph Rodrigue were each shot in the thigh. Rodrigue also suffered a fractured shoulder. Officer Daggs is a 21-year veteran of the NOPD, while Officers Beyer and Jordan have been with the department for under two years.

Watch the body camera footage below, or by clicking this link.(Warning: This video could be disturbing to some viewers.)

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