The FBI discovered a common chemical used to make explosives in a Texas storage locker linked to the Bourbon Street terrorist Shams al-Din JabbarWho the agency identified as the person who carried out the New Year's Eve attack in New Orleans.
Officials with the FBI's Houston Field Office said in a statement that the storage unit was rented by Jabbar and was located approximately a mile from his home in the Houston area of Harris County.
Bottles of sulfuric acid were discovered Monday inside a cooler in the unit during an overnight search by the FBI and police Harris County Sheriff's OfficeThe agencies said.
Sulfuric acid is widely used and commercially available, and can be combined with other chemicals to make explosives.
What we know about the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans
The FBI has released images from surveillance footage showing Shamseddine Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1. (FBI via AP)
The discovery was made with the permission of the court Law enforcement activity“In the facility.
The FBI in Houston said there was no threat to the public.
Surveillance camera image of a cooler containing an explosive device near Bourbon and Orleans Streets in New Orleans (FBI)
Investigators search the rental home used by Shams al-Din Jabbar in New Orleans on January 2. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
FBI officials said Jabbar left behind two improvised explosive devices. In New Orleans That didn't explode.
Authorities also confirmed that Jabbar left bomb-making materials at an Airbnb he rented in New Orleans before the attack.
“They said they found bomb-making materials in the yellow house and wanted the bomb squad to check it out,” Bob Koenig, a neighbor, told Fox 8 New Orleans.
Police officers stand near the scene where a car plowed into a crowd of people at New Orleans Canal and Bourbon Streets on January 1. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
After Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native, drove a Ford pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street at around 3:15 a.m. local time on New Year's Day, The FBI began Investigate the matter as a “terrorist act.”
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After driving his rental car into a crowd of revelers, Jabbar got out of the truck and fired at law enforcement, who returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the office.
The FBI said an ISIS flag, weapons and an explosive device were found in the car.
