New Orleans revelers narrowly escape path of speeding truck in 'tactic of choice among terrorists': expert 

Shamsud-Din Jabbar sped a Ford F-150 Lightning down Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day

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NEW ORLEANS – Surveillance footage from Bourbon Street shared with Fox News Digital shows terror suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar speeding his electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck toward a crowd of New Year's revelers, who narrowly escapes the fast-moving vehicle, around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 1.

Authorities fatally shot Jabbar after he drove his vehicle through the crowd, killing 14 people and opening fire on police in what officials described as a terrorist attack.

"A 500-pound vehicle going at a high rate of speed in an urban area is utterly devastating. And it's very clear the trend is that this is becoming — this tactic of choice among terrorists globally, because recently we've seen a proliferation of these," Paul Mauro, Fox News contributor and former NYPD inspector, told Fox News Digital. 

Mauro added that police departments across the nation have shifted their standard operating procedures because "it's no longer enough to wait for the feds to do their counterterrorism." Read more and see videos here: https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-orleans-revelers-narrowly-escape-path-speeding-truck-tactic-choice-among-terrorists-expert