A Missouri man accused of producing online "how-to" videos explaining the process of building a bomb is now facing charges in connection with the 2025 Bourbon Street terror attack.
Jordan Derrick, 40, is facing one count of engaging in the business of manufacturing explosive materials without a license, one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device, and one count of distributing information relating to manufacturing explosives
According to R. Matthew Price, the United States Attorney based in Kansas City, Missouri, the Bourbon Street terrorist, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, built a bomb "consistent with Derrick's instruction videos" after downloading and viewing them. Din-Jabbar placed those pipe bombs in ice chests in various locations in the French Quarter with the aim of detonating them after he plowed a rented truck down Bourbon Street. However, police killed Din-Jabbar before he could set off those bombs. Authorities later rendered the explosives safe.
Federal agents tracked down Price after an explosion last Monday at a home in Odessa, Missouri. The person living in that house told investigators that he built the bombs that went off there after watching one of Derrick's videos on social media.
Derrick faces between 10 and 20 years in prison if convicted.
