A Florida congresswoman and Air Force veteran is urging anybody who encountered New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar or Las Vegas bomber Matthew Livelsberger at Fort Liberty, previously Fort Bragg, to contact her workplace.
She additionally requested for data on failed murderer Ryan Routh, a former North Carolina man who was arrested at President-elect Donald Trump’s Florida golf course whereas allegedly aiming a rifle via the fence whereas the soon-to-be commander in chief was enjoying a spherical.
“If you’re at Fort Bragg (Liberty) and have any data relating to these three males however are afraid to come back ahead to your chain of command, I can present whistleblower safety and consumption data,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a put up on X Thursday night time.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar pictured in an undated {photograph} launched by the FBI after he attacked New Orleans’ Bourbon Street with a pickup truck and died in a shootout with responding officers. (FBI)
Routh, 58, had roots in North Carolina however was most not too long ago residing in Hawaii. Luna appeared to reference a current report that Routh, a civilian with a prolonged felony historical past, had visited Fort Bragg dozens of occasions.
Luna is a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. Her workplace didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The Army mentioned Thursday that whereas each Jabbar and Livelsberger served on the North Carolina base, there was no overlap within the time they had been stationed there.
Matthew Livelsberger seen in {a photograph}. (Fox News)
In Las Vegas, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill mentioned that whereas each males went to Afghanistan in 2009, any potential ties there have been nonetheless below investigation.
“We haven’t any proof that they had been in the identical province in Afghanistan, the identical location or the identical unit,” McMahill mentioned. “Again, one thing else that continues to be below investigation.”
Both males used the Turo app to lease electrical pickup vehicles used within the incidents, he mentioned.
Ryan Routh was arrested for alleged tried assassination of a significant presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of against the law of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial quantity in Palm Beach County, Florida on Sept. 15, 2024. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
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Between 2007 and 2015, Jabbar was a human assets specialist and an IT specialist. From 2015 to 2020, he remained an IT specialist within the Army Reserve. Livelsberger was an active-duty Army Green Beret within the tenth Special Forces group.
Livelsberger, 37, has been recognized as the person who exploded inside a Cybertruck loaded with explosive and flammable materials simply steps from the entrance door at Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.
Speaking a couple of potential motive, authorities on Friday launched sections of a “manifesto” left by Livelsberger, who wrote that “This was not a terrorist assault, it was a get up name.”
PTSD and ongoing household issues had been probably components as properly, sheriff’s officers mentioned.
Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outdoors the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Jan. 2025. (Alcides Antunes/through REUTERS)
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Hours earlier, Jabbar, 42, plowed a rented Ford EV pickup into pedestrians on New Orleans’ well-known Bourbon Street, killing not less than 14 and injuring greater than 30. After crashing, he opened hearth on police and died in a shootout. The FBI mentioned Thursday that the Texas native had vowed allegiance to ISIS and was a home terrorist.
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia instructed reporters in New Orleans Thursday that there was “no definitive hyperlink” uncovered between the assault and the explosion, however authorities on each circumstances mentioned they had been nonetheless investigating.
