Chilling Surveillance Photos Show What New Orleans Terrorist Was Doing an Hour Before Attack

The FBI published chilling surveillance photos of what the New Orleans terrorist was doing just one hour prior to his attack on Wednesday.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a rented Ford pickup through a crowd of people in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing 14. He then exited the truck before firing upon police, who then shot and killed him.

The FBI New Orleans branch posted the photos of Jabbar’s activity prior to the attack in a bulletin on Thursday.

In the photos, Jabbar is seen neatly dressed, walking along Dauphine St., which is near Governor Nicholls St., according to the bulletin.

One photo in particular, however, showed a blue cooler Jabbar had placed near the intersection of Bourbon and Orleans Street.

Inside the cooler was an improvised explosive device.

Jabbar had planned to detonate two IEDs with the transmitter he carried in his truck, according to an FBI news release.

On Friday, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin that warned more than 18,000 American law enforcement agencies across the nation of a new potential threat, according to Fox News.

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Moments before the crash and shooting in New Orleans attack.

I’m glad that lady was able to escape on time.

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“We advise federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government and law enforcement officials and private sector security partners to remain vigilant of potential copycat or retaliatory attacks inspired by this attack and other recent, lethal vehicle-ramming incidents across the globe,” the bulletin read.

The bulletin also pointed out that, over the last decade, ISIS has promoted vehicle attacks.

“Law enforcement should be aware that in many cases attackers have conducted vehicle-ramming attacks with secondary weapons and may continue the attack with edged weapons, firearms, or IEDs after the vehicle has stopped,” the bulletin said.