Cooler In Houston Storage Unit Tied To Bourbon Street Attack

FBI finds cooler in Houston storage unit tied to Bourbon Street attack

AND THE FBI WAS ABLE TO TRACE JABBAR’S ACTIVITIES FROM OVER A YEAR AGO. THEY’RE TRACKING HIS TRIPS TO VARIOUS PLACES, HIS PURCHASE OF WEAPONS AND POTENTIAL CONTACT WITH PEOPLE TO CONNECT ALL THE DOTS. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS STILL TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE WHY AND HOW THIS HAPPENED. JUNE 20TH 2ND TO JULY 3RD, 2023. THE FBI SAYS THE SUSPECT TRAVELED TO CAIRO, EGYPT. HE CAME BACK TO THE U.S. AND ON JULY 10TH WENT TO ONTARIO, CANADA. A FEW DAYS LATER, JULY 13TH, 2023, HE RETURNS TO THE U.S. THEN IN OCTOBER OF 2024, HE MADE A TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS. A MONTH LATER, IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, HE MADE ANOTHER TRIP TO THE CRESCENT CITY. OFFICIALS SAY HE RODE THROUGH THE FRENCH QUARTER ON A BIKE WEARING HIS META GLASSES. DECEMBER 31ST. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS SEEN AT ONE OF MULTIPLE GUN STORES IN TEXAS AND STOPPED AT ONE STORE TO BUY AN ICE CHEST. HE USED TO HIDE THE IED. THAT SAME DAY, DECEMBER 31ST, 2:30 P.M., HE ARRIVED IN LOUISIANA AND RENTED A VEHICLE THAT WAS SEEN AGAIN IN GONZALES, LOUISIANA. AROUND 9 P.M. 10 P.M. HOME CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS HIM UNLOADING THE WHITE PICKUP TRUCK OUTSIDE THE AIRBNB ON MANDEVILLE STREET IN SAINT ROCH. 12:15 A.M. OFFICIALS SAY HE SET FIRE TO THE PLACE BEFORE WALKING OUT USING THIS OPEN FLAME IN THE LINEN AREA. THIS CAUSED THE FIRE TO GROW. HE ALSO SET A HALF GALLON OF ACCELERANT GASOLINE IN A PLASTIC GASOLINE CONTAINER IN THAT HALLWAY. HE ALSO POURED ACCELERANT IN DIFFERENT ROOMS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. WE BELIEVE HE DID THIS, AND HIS HOPE WAS TO BURN THE ENTIRE HOUSE DOWN AND HIDE EVIDENCE OF HIS CRIMES. 12:41 A.M. NEW YEAR’S MORNING. HE PARKED THE TRUCK AND WALKED TO ROYAL AND GOVERNOR NICHOLLS STREET. AT 1:53 A.M., HE PLACED THE FIRST IED IN THE COOLER ON BOURBON AND SAINT PETER. 2:20 A.M. HE PLACED THE SECOND IED IN A BUCKET TYPE OF COOLER ON BOURBON AND TOULOUSE STREET. 3:15 A.M. A NIGHTMARE ON BOURBON STREET. THE PICKUP TRUCK IS USED AS A LETHAL WEAPON, MOWING INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR. 5 A.M. A FIRE IS REPORTED AT THE RENTAL HOME ON MANDEVILLE STREET IN SAINT ROCH AT 518, NEIGHBORS SMELLED THE SMELLED SMOKE IN THE AIR, AND THEY’RE THE ONES WHO CONTACTED 911. AND THAT’S WHEN NEW ORLEANS FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AT THIS RESIDENCE AND PUT OUT THE SMOLDERING FIRE THAT WAS THERE. AND THAT’S WHEN THEY OBSERVED THE MATERIALS INSIDE THE HOUSE. AND BOB, TECHNICIAN BOMB TECHNICIANS SAY THAT MATERIAL THEY FOUND IN THE MANDEVILLE STREET HOME IS OUR ASSAULT EXPLOSIVE, SIMILAR TO RDX, WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. THEY SAY HE USED AN ELECTRIC MATCH INSTEAD OF A DETONATOR TO SET THE EXPLOSIVES OFF. AND THEY SAY

FBI finds cooler in Houston storage unit tied to Bourbon Street attack

FBI agents found another cooler similar to the one used in the Bourbon Street terrorist attack on New Year’s Day. According to an NBC affiliate in Houston, agents were seen in and out of at least one storage unit at SpareBox Storage on Walters Road.Inside the cooler, officials say they found commercially available bottles of sulfuric acid, which were reportedly purchased at a nearby hardware store in Houston.FBI statement on search:“I can confirm that FBI Houston and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office were present at the 11900 block of Walters Rd last night conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity related to the Bourbon Street attack. FBI Houston cleared that location at approximately midnight. There was, and is, no threat to public safety at this time in relation to that activity.”

FBI agents found another cooler similar to the one used in the Bourbon Street terrorist attack on New Year’s Day.

According to an NBC affiliate in Houston, agents were seen in and out of at least one storage unit at SpareBox Storage on Walters Road.

Inside the cooler, officials say they found commercially available bottles of sulfuric acid, which were reportedly purchased at a nearby hardware store in Houston.

FBI statement on search:

“I can confirm that FBI Houston and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office were present at the 11900 block of Walters Rd last night conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity related to the Bourbon Street attack. FBI Houston cleared that location at approximately midnight. There was, and is, no threat to public safety at this time in relation to that activity.”

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