New Orleans attacker fired at police before they killed him, video shows

The pickup truck driven into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day (Gerald Herbert/AP)

The attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New Orleans shot at police from inside his truck before officers fatally shot him, police bodycam footage released on Friday shows.

The footage presented to news outlets by New Orleans Police shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar shooting from behind an airbag as several officers surround his truck after it crashed into a crowd of revellers on the city’s famous Bourbon Street.