New Orleans Attacker Wore Meta Sensible Glasses to Report Space, FBI Says

• The New Orleans attacker used Meta glasses to document the realm earlier than the bloodbath, the FBI says.
• The FBI is investigating the assault as terrorism after police discovered an ISIS flag within the truck.
• The FBI additionally mentioned the person stopped a a number of gun shops in Texas the day earlier than the assault.

The Military veteran who attacked a crowd in New Orleans on New 12 months’s Day wore Meta good glasses to document the realm prematurely, the FBI mentioned at a press convention on Sunday.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas, died in a shootout with police after driving a pickup truck by means of a crowd of individuals on Bourbon Avenue. Jabbar killed 14 individuals and injured dozens extra within the assault.

The FBI is investigating the assault as an act of terrorism after authorities discovered an ISIS flag, weapons, and a potential improvised explosive machine, or IED, within the Ford F-150 pickup truck that Jabbar used.

FBI New Orleans Particular Agent in Cost Lyonel Myrthil mentioned Sunday that Jabbar made two journeys to New Orleans earlier than the assault — as soon as in October and as soon as in November.

In October, Myrthil mentioned Jabbar stayed in a rental house in New Orleans for 2 days, the place he used his Meta good glasses to document the streets of the French Quarter as he rode round on a bicycle.

“Meta glasses seem to appear to be common glasses, however they permit the person to document movies and images hands-free,” Myrthil instructed reporters. “In addition they enable customers to probably livestream their video.”

Jabar was carrying the Meta glasses in the course of the assault, however he didn’t livestream it, Myrthil mentioned.

Myrthil additionally mentioned in the course of the press convention that Jabbar stopped at “a number of gun shops” in Texas on December 31 and visited one enterprise the place he bought a white ice chest that he used to cover an explosive machine.

US army spokespersons instructed the media after the assault that Jabbar served within the Military from 2007 to 2015, throughout which he was deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.

He served in data expertise and human assets roles on the time and was later an IT specialist within the Military Reserve from 2016 to 2020. He left the army as a workers sergeant.