Saline County man accused of creating step-by-step bomb-making video used by New Orleans attacker

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ)

A Saline County man was arrested and charged in federal court after he allegedly made explosives without a license.

Jordan Derrick, 40, of Sweet Springs, is charged with making explosive materials without a license, illegal possession of an unregistered destructive device and distributing information relation to manufacturing explosives. He has a hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday in Kansas City federal court. He is in the custody of the U.S. Marshal, according to court documents.

A press release from the Department of Justice says that Derrick on Sept. 18, 2023, began making social media videos of himselfs making “various explosive materials” along with step-by-step- instructions.

The release claims Derrick’s videos were downloaded and used by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was accused of the terrorist attack on New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025.

“Jabbar had created IEDs consistent with Derrick’s instructional videos. The devices placed by Jabbar did not detonate and were subsequently rendered safe by law enforcement,” the release says.

“Also, according to the complaint, on May 4, 2026, an explosion occurred at a private residence in Odessa, Mo. Investigators who searched the private residence after the explosion, found two components suspected of being used in explosive devices. The occupant of the residence told investigators that he manufactured explosive devices after watching online tutorials on a social media account that is believed to be utilized by Derrick to distribute information relating to the manufacture of explosives. An investigation of the Odessa explosion is ongoing."