HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Law enforcement spent about 18 hours at the home of the Houston man responsible for a deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s morning.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, lived in a mobile home on Crescent Peak Drive in north Harris County, a predominantly Muslim community.
Multiple people associated with the property said Jabbar moved out on Monday. The landlord said he gave a month’s notice that he would be leaving the property that he had lived in for about two years. He reportedly told her that he was being transferred for work to New Orleans.
She said someone from New Orleans associated with a rental property reached out to her as a reference for Jabbar. She described him as being a good tenant and was stunned to hear the news.
The FBI and Harris County Sheriff’s Office searched his home on Wednesday. Officers arrived at about 3 p.m., and the …