just tell us a little bit about your experience with, shamseddine. you called him sham in middle school and high school. is that right? >> right. yeah. shamseddine. >> his friends called him sham. >> okay, so you went to middle school and high school with him. when he went off to the army, you went off to the air force. and i know you kind of lost touch, but then you'd gotten back in touch a few years ago on social media. tell us first what he was like in middle school and high school well, back then, he was really reserved. >> he he kept to himself. >> he didn't say too much. um, he was he was very smart, very good. in school, he, um, he wasn't like a troublemaker or anything like that. um, he was just, you know, he was the model student. really? um, we met in eighth grade, and then we just happened to move to the same town in ninth grade, went to the same high school. so our friendship just continued on into high school until, uh, he joined the army. and like you said, i joined the air force. >> so when you touch base with him a few years back on s

police have named the suspect as us citizen shamseddin jabbour, a 42—year—old army veteran from texase road, mowing people down in his path. at least 15 were killed and many more injured in this cctv footage, which we verified. you can see people run for cover as the truck narrowly misses them. another video appears to show police a few blocks away running towards the scene of the attack. this map shows the truck's route after entering bourbon street. the suspect drove almost three blocks, about 300m before coming to a stop. this video shows that the truck may have crashed into heavy machinery in the middle of the road. what appears to be gunshots can also be heard as people run from the scene. according to the fbi, after hitting the crowd, the suspect exited the vehicle and shot at local law enforcement, who returned fire. two officers were shot but are now stable. the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. graphic videos emerged online of the aftermath like this one, which we blurred. this image shows the truck surrounded by police following the attack. police confirm the flag on

shamseddin jabar posted five videos to social media in the hours before the murders, including one claiming that the 42 year old army veteran from texas had joined isis prior to the summer. >>>>i'm devastated. honestly, i'm shocked. >>>>jabbar's younger brother, abdul rahim, who requested that we hide his face, says he noticed his brother becoming more outwardly religious but said he saw nothing to suggest jabar was being radicalized. >>>>i think he took a step away from the religion at some point in his life, and then he came back into it >>>>in new orleans friday, a memorial pays tribute to the victims. >>>>she liked to help other people. >>>>martha patricia perez's daughter, nicole perez, managed kimmie's deli just outside new orleans and was a loving mother to her four year old son. >>>>she. have a lot of dreams, she have a lot of dreams. she can't do it now she's gone. >>>>also among the killed 18 year old akira cheyenne dido, who dreamed of becoming a nurse, and another 18 year old karim badawi, an engineering student at the university of alabama. >>>>the people who were killed in tha

we spoke to a friend who was with her that night but was not hit when the driver, shamseddin jabar, plowed through a crowd on bourbon street. >> i barely slept, it's hard to eat. being here is actually quite unsettling, but i know i got to get her story out, man. she people have to know what type of person she was. >> president joe biden said he spoke to the victims families. he is set to visit the city with the first lady, jill biden, on monday as tributes to the victims pour in. >> he's offering the full support of our federal government to push back against terrorism, to ensure the people of new orleans, as well as those that visit, that we're safe. >> in addition to the 14 victims, dozens more were hurt in the attack, including two police officers hospitalized after a shootout with the attacker. >> our hearts and prayers go out to the victims who lost their lives and their families, to the remaining citizens who are in the hospital still recovering. our prayers and thoughts are with them. and a huge thank you to the two brave police officers who put their lives on the line in the in th

the fbi says 42 year old shamseddin jabar was inspired by the islamic state, but the agency is now confident that he did not have any direct ties to isis and acted alone. investigators are closely examining his recent social media posts in their search for answers. >> it's going to help everybody, not just us, but nationally, to understand, you know, what drives conduct. like this. we still have to plan for it, because you just never really know who is going to be the person who snaps. >> the fbi has also issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies across the country. it warns of the risk of a copycat attack similar to the tragedy in new orleans. well, president biden and the first lady will travel to new orleans on monday. they're going to meet with the dozens of families whose lives have been forever changed by the deadly terrorist attack in the city's french quarter. a memorial for the 14 people who died continues to grow along bourbon street, where that terrorist nightmare unfolded early new year's day. many of the victims families say they are united in their grief. >> all that we hav