New Orleans attack: Friends & family describe how 'reserved, smart' Shamsud-Din descended into extremism

As investigators piece together evidence to understand motive and hunt for accomplices, testimonies from friends and families along with self-recorded videos reveal a conflicting story of a man who descended into extremism over the years while keeping a cover of normalcy for most of the people around him Investigators work the scene after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd earlier on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, on Wednesday. A former classmate who reconnected many years later found Jabbar a changed person — the quiet and reserved Christian boy he knew had turned into a “passionate” Muslim man. ‘This is radicalisation, not religion’ Abdur Jabbar, the younger brother of the older Jabbar, said that he was brought up Christian but had “long ago” converted to Islam. The memory of Pousson is in sharp contrast to how the husband of Jabbar’s first wife Nakedra Charrlle Marsh, Dwayne Marsh, describes himself as “all crazy”. Jabbar recorded plan to kill family, say officials Even as investigators piece together information to understand the motive and conspiracy behind the murderous rampage and people struggle to come to terms with the attack, a new piece of evidence has surfaced that sheds more light on how Jabbar descended into extremism without giving most people any hint.