Shamsud-Din Jabbar was well-liked in high school, went to college and served in the military. As an adult, he left behind a trail of failed marriages and failed businesses.

Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead.

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.

Early years Jabbar was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, east of Houston. A high school friend said he came from a loving family.

Jabbar, a US-born military veteran, lived in a squalid trailer park on the outskirts of Houston that is home to mostly Muslim immigrants — with a mosque within walking distance.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was an Army veteran and twice-divorced father who lived on Hugh Road in north Harris County.

Houston neighbor says his interaction with Shamsud-Din Jabbar was 'very normal' Mumtaz Bashir lived steps away from Shamsud-Din Jabbar in the 12000 block of Crescent Peak Road in north Houston.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man named as the driver who killed 14 people on Bourbon Street Wednesday morning, had connections to Houston.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, is said to be the driver who killed at least 15 people and injured 30 other revelers in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day.

The FBI said the suspect responsible for the New Orleans attack traveled from Houston on New Year's Eve before carrying out the attack.