Jeff Adelson is a journalist at The New Orleans Advocate. He covers a range of topics including crime, traffic, and methamphetamine, with a particular focus on Louisiana and New Orleans. His work has been featured in The Advocate, Sun Herald, and NOLA.com.
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By: Jeff Adelson
of 2 Shamsud-Din Jabbar fired a shot at officers from inside the truck he had used to kill 14 people on Bourbon Street before New
By: Jeff Adelson, Julia Guilbeau, Dan Swenson
We collected surveillance video and eyewitness accounts of the moments of mayhem that Shamsud-Din Jabbar unleashed on the most famous street in New Orleans.
By: Mike Smith, Jeff Adelson, Josie Abugov, Blake Paterson
By the time Shamsud-Din Jabbar swerved onto Bourbon Street at 3:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day, his plan seemed to have been taking shape for months.But for those who narrowly escaped his deadly three-block rampage, that one moment changed everything. And the city of New Orleans may never be the same.
Crime in New Orleans plunged in 2024, with the murder count reaching one of its lowest points in decades.
In recently released body camera footage, the attacker who went on a New Year's Day rampage in the French Quarter exchanged gunfire with New Orleans police before he was fatally shot.
By: Alex Lubben, Jeff Adelson
"“If you have to (go out) please exercise extreme caution." Frigid temperatures and inches of snow are expected in the New Orleans area this week.
By: Ben Myers, Jeff Adelson
The gap between the formal security plan on paper and the reality on the ground is raising questions about how fully engaged city officials were in formulating, vetting and executing their agreed upon playbook for one of the busiest nights of the year in the French Quarter. Without sufficient barriers blocking Bourbon Street, Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed a truck through three blocks, killing 14 and injuring dozens more.
By: Jeff Adelson, Ben Myers
The gap between the formal security plan on paper and the reality on the ground is raising questions about how fully engaged city officials were in formulating, vetting and executing their agreed upon playbook for one of the busiest nights of the year in the French Quarter. Without sufficient barriers blocking Bourbon Street, Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed a truck through three blocks, killing 14 and injuring dozens more.
By: Gabriella Killett, Jeff Adelson
As crews installed temporary barriers in the French Quarter ahead of the Super Bowl, one month after a Texas man plowed past the defenses on the city's most famous street
By: Missy Wilkinson, Alyse Pfeil, Jeff Adelson
of 7 An "enhanced security zone" that includes checkpoints, bag searches and a ban on coolers will be set up around Bourbon Street
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