Newly released military documents regarding New Year’s Day, attackers Matthew Livelsberger and Shamsud-Din Jabbar show that although both were stationed at then-Fort Bragg and deployed to Afghanistan, the two had never served together.
On New Year’s Day, both Livelsberger and Jabbar carried out attacks in two major American cities.
Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen from Texas, rammed a rented pickup truck with an ISIS flag hanging from the tow bar into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans during the early morning hours, killing more than a dozen people and injuring dozens of others. Livelsberger detonated a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas later that morning.
Investigators said early in the investigation that both men served in the military and were stationed at Fort Bragg, the North Carolina military base now known as Fort Liberty. They were deployed to Afghanistan at the same time, leading some to speculate that the two incidents were related and that the two men worked together.
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The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was identified as active-duty Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger, right. Livelsberger’s attack occurred within hours of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, left, driving a pickup truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans. (Fox News)
But on Sunday, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ruth Castro said Livelsberger and Jabbar did not serve together, despite the overlap.
The Army also assigned Livelsberger and Jabbar assignments to show where the two were stationed and what role they played.
While on active duty, Jabbar served as an HR specialist and was stationed at Fort Richardson, Arkansas from January 2008 to September 2010. During that period he was also deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar is seen in this photo obtained via social media, released in November 2013, at Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) in Louisiana. (1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division via Facebook via REUTERS)
From February 2008 to October 2010, Livelsberger was stationed with the 10th Special Forces Group in Germany. Livelsberger was deployed to Afghanistan between May and December 2009 and June and September 2010.
Although both men were deployed to Afghanistan at the same time, the military said they were among more than 100,000 U.S. service members deployed to the country.
Jabbar was stationed with the 1st 82nd Infantry Provisional at Fort Bragg from June 2011 to January 2015, and Livelsberger was stationed there with the Student Support Battalion from December 2012 to October 2013.
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Matthew Livelsberger poses in an undated photo. (Fox News)
The Army said that while they were both stationed at Fort Bragg in 2012, 50,000 other U.S. service members were also stationed there.
The FBI said last week that it had found no potential terrorist ties to Livelsberger.
At a news conference Friday afternoon, Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Police Department spoke about Livelsberger’s battle with PTSD and his possible motive for the New Year’s attack.
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The Cybertruck is on fire, left, and investigators inspect the damage, right. (Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS | Las Vegas Police via AP)
“While this incident is more public and sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a highly decorated combat veteran. struggling with PTSD and other issues,” McMahill said.
Police officials also released portions of Livelsberger’s “manifesto” on Friday.
“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake-up call,” Livelsberger wrote, according to the cropped notes shared by Las Vegas police. “Americans only care about spectacle and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt involving fireworks and explosives?”
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The attack in New Orleans, by contrast, was clearly inspired by terror, authorities said. Jabbar, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS, killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others, according to authorities, who said Jabbar then opened fire on responding officers. They shot back and killed him.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
