Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, wore the glasses as he rode a bicycle through the city’s tourist-heavy French Quarter in October, officials said. The Meta glasses, which closely resemble regular eyeglasses, were recovered from Jabbar after he was shot dead in a firefight with New Orleans police on Bourbon Street. While the glasses are capable of live streaming video, Jabbar didn’t activate that function during the attack, and investigators don’t have any indication that he otherwise recorded it, said Lyonel Myrthil, the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New Orleans field office. Myrthil, speaking at a Sunday news briefing, asked for information from anyone who might have seen or interacted with Jabbar during his October trip. Jabbar visited the city again in November. During the early morning hours on New Year’s Day, he plowed through Bourbon Street in a pickup truck flying an Islamic State flag, killing 14 people. President Biden is sched uled to visit New Orleans on Monday.Myrthil said investigators were scrutinizing domestic and international trips Jabbar took, including a 2023 visit to Cairo. “Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who he met with, and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions here in our city of New Orleans,” he said. Investigators were still determining why Jabbar chose New Orleans as his target. He also traveled to the Atlanta and Tampa areas in the lead-up to the attack, Myrthil said. Officials said they continue to believe Jabbar acted without an accomplice in the U.S., though they are still looking into potential associates.

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