New Orleans attack: Gun used by Bourboun Street attack purchased in Arlignton [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — The man who killed 14 people in the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day purchased one of the weapons used in the attack in Arlington, Texas, officials said. 

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Beaumont, visited New Orleans twice before the attack and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses, an FBI official said in a press conference Sunday.  Jabbar was wearing those glasses during the attack on New Year’s Day, but they did not appear to be activated, police say. 

A semiautomatic pistol and a semiautomatic rifle were recovered from Jabbar, officials said. The rifle was purchased privately Nov 19, 2024, in Arlington Texas, officials said. 

The individual who sold the gun to Jabbar did not know him and had no awareness that the weapon would be used in an attack, according …