Army records show brief career overlaps between New Orleans and Las Vegas suspects

CNN — The Army veteran who drove a truck through a crowd in New Orleans and the Special Forces master sergeant who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas last week briefly overlapped in their service at Fort Liberty, formerly called Fort Bragg, and while in Afghanistan on deployments. Matthew Alan Livelsberger served at Fort Liberty in North Carolina, with different units, according to their assignment and deployment history provided by the US Army on Sunday. Law enforcement analysts investigating the New Orleans attack and the Las Vegas explosion have assessed there is no connection between the two deadly incidents, which both took place on New Year’s Day, a law enforcement source familiar with the latest intelligence assessment told CNN on Friday. The FBI special agent in charge of the bureau’s Las Vegas division called the incident “a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD and other issues.” Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police after he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people.