The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been engaged by U.S. authorities as part of the investigation into the New Orleans truck attack.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, has been accused of driving into a crowd celebrating on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring more than 30 people.

The man responsible for the New Orleans attack recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses during a previous visit to the city, the FBI said.

The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses, an FBI official said.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Houston, also traveled to Cairo, Egypt, as well as Ontario, Canada, before the attack, although it was not yet clear whether those trips were connected to the attack, Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said at a press conference.

The man who plowed a truck down Bourbon Street in a New Year’s Day terrorist attack visited New Orleans twice before and traveled to Egypt prior to the massacre.

From June 2023 to December 2024, the suspect traveled to Cairo, Egypt; Ontario, Canada; and New Orleans, purchasing weapons and hiding explosives.

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Federal investigators said it’s unclear if the suspect’s trips were connected to the truck attack on a New Year’s Day celebration that killed 14 people

FBI officials on Sunday said their investigation into the deadly truck attack in New Orleans is now "crossing state and international borders" and that the attacker had travelled to both Egypt and Canada.