Everything we know about the potential links between New Orleans attack and Tesla Cybertruck explosion
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Both suspects had military experience with the attacks carried out hours after one another. Authorities are investigating a possible connection between the New Orleans suspect and the driver in a Cybertruck explosion in New Orleans after it emerged they both had military experience.
![[Flames rise from a Tesla cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/02/10/SEI234742292.jpg)
Investigators are probing what motivated US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, to plow into a crowd of New Year revelers while flying an Isis flag from his truck, killing 15 people and injuring 30 more before dying in a shootout with police. FBI officials have said they are focused on whether Jabbar, who had once served in Afghanistan, had any help in planning the deadly attack, and whether it was linked to a separate incident in Las Vegas.
![[Emergency services at the scene in New Orleans]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/02/05/New_Orleans_Car_Into_Crowd_33457.jpg)
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel, killing one person and injuring seven others, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on 20 January. In an evening address, President Joe Biden said the White House was tracking the incidents and law enforcement was investigating "whether there’s any possible connection with the attack in New Orleans".
Meanwhile, the driver behind the wheel of the Las Vegas explosion has been named locally as Matthew Livelsberger. He is thought to have died in the blast, but police are yet to officially confirm the identity of the deceased. Police said both men used the same car-sharing app Turo to rent the vehicles used in the attacks.
