New Orleans attacker had recorded street using Meta glasses: FBI

[Judi Lynn]

Agence France-Presse
January 6, 2025 6:16AM ET

New Orleans attacker had recorded street using Meta glasses: FBI


Mourners hold a vigil on Bourbon Street for the 14 victims killed in a January 1, 2025 truck-ramming attack in New Orleans, Louisiana (Emily KASK/AFP)

The man accused of the ramming attack that killed 14 revelers on a crowded New Orleans street had earlier v isited the city on apparent reconnaissance missions, once recording the location using camera-equipped glasses, investigators said Sunday.They said he had also traveled to both Egypt and Canada in the two years prior, though it was unclear what he did on those trips.

US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar first came to the Louisiana city from his Texas home in late October, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a briefing.

On that first visit, according to a video released by the agency, Jabbar slowly rode a bicycle through the iconic French Quarter while filming the scene with his Meta smart glasses. Meta glasses allow users to take photos or videos without using their hands, FBI special agent Lyonel Myrthil said.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Terrorist enabling technology /nt

[Renew Deal]

2. Do you say the same thing about the car?

[Woodwizard]

3. Well anything can be enabling

Smart phone the bike he rode the truck he drove.

[GoCubsGo]

4. A cell phone could do the same thing.

Or a GoPro...

[2naSalit]

5. When those...

Devices were first released to the public, I had a feeling they would be used in this way eventually.

[chowder66]

6. I was wondering if the J6 pipe bomber was using "smart glasses" the other day when they released the new information.

I thought that they were handling their glasses a little oddly but I think it was their gloves that made it look a little weird to me.