Chris Pousson grew up with Shamsud-Din Jabbar — the terrorist who killed 14 folks in New Orleans within the early hours of New 12 months’s Day — and reconnected with him on-line in recent times … however he says Jabbar by no means gave any indication of being a killer.

Chris joined us on “TMZ Stay” Thursday and advised us about his relationship with Jabbar, who he knew as Sham.

The buddies went to highschool collectively after assembly in center faculty, and Chris says once they graduated he enlisted within the Air Drive and Jabbar went to the Military … so that they misplaced contact for some time earlier than discovering one another on Fb.

Chris says the Jabbar he knew rising up was largely quiet and reserved, however there was a change once they related on-line … Jabbar was being very vocal about his Muslim religion.

Nonetheless, Chris tells us Jabbar by no means got here off as a radical Muslim or extremist … as a substitute, Chris says he was fairly optimistic about his religion in God.

When Jabbar was recognized as the person who used a pickup truck to mow down revelers on Bourbon Road, Chris says he could not consider it … partly as a result of it appeared so out of character for the Jabbar he’d recognized for years.