"Starting in September 2023, the authorities said, Mr. Derrick was using various social media sites to share videos of himself making explosive materials, including detonators. His videos provided step-by-step instructions, and he often engaged with viewers in comments, sometimes answering their questions about the chemistry behind the explosives."
"The authorities said that Mr. Derrick's videos were downloaded by Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, who was accused of ramming a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025, in a terrorist attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens. Mr. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with the police."
"Before the attack, Mr. Jabbar had placed two explosives on Bourbon Street, the authorities said, but they did not detonate. The authorities later recovered two laptops and a USB drive in a house that Mr. Jabbar had rented. The USB drive contained several videos created by Mr. Derrick that provided instructions on making explosives."
"Mr. Derrick was a combat engineer in the Army, where he provided personnel and vehicle support, the authorities"
Federal prosecutors charged Jordan A. Derrick, a 40-year-old from Missouri, with manufacturing explosive materials without a license, possessing an unregistered destructive device, and distributing information related to manufacturing explosives. Authorities said that beginning in September 2023, Derrick posted videos on social media showing himself making explosive materials, including detonators, with step-by-step instructions and chemistry-related answers in comments. Authorities said Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar downloaded Derrick’s videos and later carried out a New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured dozens. Investigators recovered videos on a USB drive from a house Jabbar rented, and the recovered explosives were consistent with those shown by Derrick. The charges carry a maximum federal prison sentence of 40 years.
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