Truck-ramming suspect used wrong device in failed detonation of IEDs: Officials

The suspect in the deadly New Year’s Day truck-ramming attack in New Orleans made two previous trips to the city in October and November, apparently scouting the best location to carry out his rampage, even using a pair of Meta smart glasses to record video of a bicycle ride through the French Quarter, the FBI said.

The suspect — Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, an Army veteran and Houston realtor — was also wearing Meta glasses when he allegedly executed the attack at 3:15 a.m. CT on Jan. 1, but apparently did not record the attack or attempt to livestream it, Lyonel Myrthil, special agent in charge of the bureau’s New Orleans field office, said during a news conference on Sunday.

At least 14 people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack, which occurred over a three-block stretch of Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter.

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