The new year was barely hours old when the nation found itself grappling with the first of a series of harrowing and tragic attacks on its citizens. In New Orleans, a 42-year-old Army veteran, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street during New Year’s celebrations, resulting in 14 fatalities and as many as 35 injuries. After the collision, Jabbar exited the vehicle and engaged in a brief firefight with police before being fatally shot.

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