FBI says the man responsible for New Year’s Day truck attack visited New Orleans twice before
LA TimesNathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle Friday at a memorial on Bourbon Street for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses, an FBI official said Sunday. Police fatally shot Jabbar, 42, during a firefight at the scene of the deadly crash on Bourbon Street, famous worldwide for its festive vibes in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Investigators searching Jabbar’s rental truck found a transmitter intended to trigger the two bombs, the FBI said in a statement Friday, adding that there were bomb-making materials at the New Orleans home he rented.