The FBI has released a new photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the gunman who killed 14 people and injured 30 others in a New Year's Day attack in New Orleans. The photo shows Jabbar riding a bicycle through the French Quarter in October, possibly scouting locations for the attack. Investigators believe Jabbar used Meta smart glasses to record video along parts of Bourbon Street prior to the attack.
FBI New Orleans released a new photo showing Shamsud-Din Jabbar riding a bicycle through the city's French Quarter back in October, during a possible scouting mission before the terror attack in which he drove a pickup truck through a crowd of pedestrians on New Year's and opened fire on police. The attack killed 14 revelers and injured more than 30 others. Jabbar died in a shootout with responding officers.
Prior to the early morning attack on Jan. 1, he planted two coolers packed with IEDs. They did not detonate. At 3:17 a.m., he sped around a parked police vehicle and began mowing down pedestrians. Video shows him zooming down the narrow street at a high speed as panicked revelers run for their lives. Police recovered an Islamic State group flag in Jabbar's truck and at least three cellphones.
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