Shamsud-Din Jabbar traveled to New Orleans twice before Bourbon Street attack, FBI says [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — The FBI announced in a press conference Sunday that the Bourbon Street attacker who killed 14 people on New Year’s Day visited New Orleans twice months before the attack.

An FBI official said Shamsud-Din Jabbar made at least two trips to New Orleans in the months before the attack – once in October and once in November. Previously, he traveled to Cairo, Egypt and Ontario, Canada. Officials say it is still unclear why Jabbar chose New Orleans.

In October, Jabbar biked through the French Quarter while filming through Meta Glasses, which can discreetly record video or live stream but look like regular glasses. He wore the same style of smart glasses on New Year’s Day but never turned them on.

About an hour before the attack, he placed an IED in a cooler near the corner of Bourbon and St. Peter streets. Investigators said someone dragged the cooler a block down the street to …