Family of New Orleans terror attack suspect speaks with Houston Chronicle

LA LA LA LA. LA. LA LA. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE LATEST ON THAT BREAKING DEVELOPMENT, THE TERROR ATTACK ON BOURBON STREET. NEW YEAR’S MORNING THAT LEFT 14 INNOCENT VICTIMS DEAD AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INDIVIDUALS HURT. THE FBI NOW TELLING US THEY BELIEVE THIS IS THE WORK OF A LONE GUNMAN. WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE SUSPECT HERE, WHICH WE’RE DIGGING INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT HIS PAST. WHAT POLICE ARE SAYING ABOUT HIM, THAT HE WAS ACTING ALONE. DINGY BAR IS IS HIS LAST NAME. AND RIGHT NOW, WDSU AUBRY KILLION HAS MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HIS FINANCIALS. AUBREY. HEY, RANDI. SO THE NEW RECORDS THAT WE DID OBTAIN THROUGH NBC SHOW THAT HE HAD SOME MAJOR FINANCIAL ISSUES. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE NEW DETAILS AND DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE UNCOVERED THROUGH NBC NEWS. SO THESE ARE FROM DIVORCE PLEADINGS BACK IN 2022, HE EMAILED HIS THEN WIFE’S ATTORNEY ABOUT SPEEDING UP THE DIVORCE PROCESS. THE RECORDS STATE IN ONE EMAIL THAT HE WROTE, QUOTE, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. I CANNOT AFFORD THE HOUSE PAYMENT. IT IS PAST DUE IN EXCESS OF $27,000 AND IN DANGER OF FORECLOSURE, HE SAID IN THAT SAME EMAIL THAT THE BUSINESS HE HAD FORMED BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE HAD A LOSS OF ABOUT $28,000 BACK IN 2021, MAKING IT AROUND $140,000. RECORDS STATE ALSO THAT HE HAD INCURRED ABOUT $16,000 IN CREDIT CARD DEBT. NOW, HE ALSO LISTED OUT HIS, QUOTE, NECESSARY MONTHLY EXPENSES. THE RECORDS SHOWING THAT WAS ABOUT $7,000 A MONTH. HE HAD ALSO HAD AN OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE BALANCE THAT SHOWS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS, BACK IN JUNE OF 2022, THAT IT WAS ABOUT $199,000. SO THOSE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS THAT WE ARE DIGGING DIG INTO.