CNN —Nearly a week after Shamsud-din Jabbar rammed a pickup truck into a busy crowd celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans, killing 14, details of how he planned the attack are becoming clearer.
As investigators piece together his movements and motivations, it appears Jabbar – whom officials have said acted alone and was radicalized – was preparing the Bourbon Street attack for months.
The person who sold the rifle didn’t know Jabbar or that he was planning the attack, Jackson added.
Gerald Herbert/APWithin an hour, home camera footage showed him unloading the white truck outside the Airbnb in New Orleans.
He had driven from Houston to New Orleans by himself, and was the only person seen entering and leaving the Airbnb, officials said.
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