The FBI now says it believes 42-year old Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone when he carried out the attack in New Orleans, after initial reports indicated he may have had accomplices.
The FBI has unequivocally declared the attack “an act of terrorism,” after initially declining to do so.
Authorities said Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas and an Army veteran, had an ISIS flag on the truck he used in the ramming attack and had posted videos on social media expressing allegiance to the Islamic State.
Meanwhile: Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger from Colorado Springs, Colo., has been identified as the man who died in the Tesla Cybertruck that ignited after being stuffed with mortars and gas canisters.
Las Vegas police said Thursday that Livelsberger, an active-duty Special Forces operations sergeant, “sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to the detonation of the vehicle.”
There were no other fatalities in the explosion, but several people were wounded. It appears the Cybertruck contained most of the blast, limiting damage to the surrounding area.
The Las Vegas police said they believe this was “an isolated incident.”
Officials say there is so far no evidence of a connection between the two attacks, although there are some strange coincidences.
Jabbar and Livelsberger had both spent time in the Army at North Carolina's Fort Liberty, previously known as Fort Bragg, as well as in Afghanistan, though they did not have overlapping assignments. Both men rented their vehicles on the car rental app Turo.
