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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Army veteran who officials say carried out the New Orleans New Year’s Eve terror attack early Wednesday, worked with the consulting firm Deloitte, earning about $10,000 a month.
In a statement, Deloitte said Jabbar had “served in a staff-level role” since being hired in 2021 and that the company was doing everything it could to assist authorities.
Consulting firm Deloitte confirmed that New Orleans terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar had been on staff since 2021. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Image / Getty Images)
“We are shocked to learn of reports today that the individual identified as a suspect had any connection to our firm,” Deloitte said in a statement to FOX Business on Wednesday evening. “The appointee served in a staff-level role since being hired in 2021.”
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The firm added, “Like everyone else, we are outraged by this shameful and senseless act of violence and are doing everything we can to assist the authorities in their investigation.”
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Bourbon Street terror attack suspect. (@FBI via X/Fox News)
Authorities identified Jabbari as the man who drove a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more. Jabbar, who died at the scene of the attack, was a US-born citizen who lived in Texas.
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Despite Jabbar’s well-paid position at Deloitte, he had financial problems, according to USA Today. The paper reported that court documents from his second divorce in 2022 show Jabbar’s $120,000 base salary at Deloitte and the suspect warned his lawyer that he was at risk of losing his home.
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“Time is of the essence,” Jabbar wrote to his attorney in an email in January 2022, according to the report. “I can’t afford the house payment. It’s over $27,000 past due and in danger of foreclosure if we delay the divorce settlement.”
