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Ian Kersting was a New Orleans assistant district attorney who reportedly died by suicide on January 4 night inside the district attorney's office. Kersting was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in October 2023 and was a specialist in s**ual harassment cases. He was assigned to the DA office's Se**al Assault Kit Initiative - a special unit dealing with s**ual assault cases.
The police while reporting the news of his death revealed that Kersting died with "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds" at his office after they found his body around 9 p.m. The New Orleans District Attorney's Office released a statement to mourn the loss of their member saying,
"The Orleans Parish DA's Office family suffered a terrible tragedy Saturday night. Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting was a beloved member of our office, and we send our love and deepest condolences to his family. It's important that we support each other right now, and we ask the media respect the privacy of the individuals impacted."
The New Orleans District Attorney's Office gave Kersting a shoutout on March 22 for his efforts. The shoutout social media post highlighted Ian Kersting's role in a case that involved charges of 1st-degree rape and indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Ian Kersting's suicide comes after New Orleans experiences a terrorist attack
New Orleans's assistant district attorney Ian Kersting's suicide on January 4 comes after the city experienced a New Year's Day terrorist attack on the world-famous Bourbon Street.
On Wednesday at 3:15 am, right after New Year's Eve, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42 crashed his pickup vehicle from Canal Street into Bourbon Street killing 14 people. After investigation, police found weapons, and a possible improvised explosive vehicle along with an ISIS flag inside the vehicle.
Police confirmed that Jabbar died in a shootout with police. Jabbar was an army veteran who served in the U.S. Army on active duty from 2007 to 2015 and in the Army Reserves from 2015 to 2020. Jabbar was deployed in Afghanistan in 2009.
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Jabbar's Facebook account included several videos that were recorded while he was driving his truck and were allegedly addressed to his family. In his videos, Jabbar "pledged allegiance to ISIS."
FBI took to their official website to make note of the terrorist incident while mentioning that as the lead investigative agency on the case, they are "working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism." FBI also mentioned that they are "aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject."
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