Dad, Brother of New Orleans Attack Suspect Speak Out

Shamsud-Din Jabbar died in the attack.

A file image of Shamsud-Din Jabbar. FBI via AP

Family members of the man who authorities say carried out a deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day are surprised by the allegations.

“I never would have thought it’d be him,” Abdur-Rahim Jabbar, a younger half-brother of the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, said. “It’s completely unlike him.