Overview
- Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant, killed 15 people in a vehicular attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street before being shot by police; he had expressed allegiance to ISIS.
- Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty Green Beret, died by suicide before a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas; law enforcement is treating it as a possible terrorist act.
- Both suspects rented their vehicles through the Turo app and had served at Fort Bragg, though authorities have found no evidence of coordination between the two incidents.
- Livelsberger's struggle with untreated mental health issues, including a traumatic brain injury, and Jabbar's financial troubles and radicalization are under investigation as factors in their actions.
- The FBI and local law enforcement continue to probe the attacks, urging the public to share any relevant information, while counterterrorism experts highlight the broader risk of vehicle-based attacks in public spaces.