Bourbon Street terrorist acted alone, apparently planned attack months in advance, FBI says [Video]

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The domestic terrorist who killed 14 and injured dozens more New Year’s revelers in the French Quarter last week acted alone and apparently planned his attack months in advance, FBI investigators said at a press conference Sunday (Jan. 5).

The Bureau determined that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Houston visited New Orleans twice in the months leading up to his attack, on Oct. 30-31 and again on Nov. 10. He spent part of his October visit riding a bicycle down Bourbon Street, surreptitiously recording video of its buildings and landmarks using Meta smart eyeglasses.

FBI officials said Jabbar was wearing the same smart glasses as he placed coolers containing explosive devices at two Bourbon Street locations early Wednesday (Jan. 1), in the final 90 minutes before he drove a rented white Ford pickup truck around an NOPD car on Canal Street and used it to plow through …