Jabbar, who grew up in Beaumont and resided in a mobile home in northwest Houston, founded several now-defunct real estate businesses and carried a relatively small criminal record before his death.

The man named as the attacker in Wednesday morning's massacre on New Orleans' Bourbon Street that left at least 10 dead and dozens injured was Houston-area resident Shamsud-Din Jabbar. The 42-year-old was identified as the driver of the truck that plowed into the crowd of New Years Day revelers around 3:15 a.m.