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A Florida congresswoman and Air Force veteran urges anyone who has encountered a New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar or Las Vegas attacker Matthew Livelsberger at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, to contact his office.
He also sought information about failed assassin Ryan Routh, a former North Carolina man who was arrested at President-elect Donald Trump’s Florida golf course while allegedly pointing a rifle through the fence while the future commander in chief played. one round. .
“If you are at Fort Bragg (Liberty) and have any information about these three men, but are afraid to come forward to your chain of command, I can provide you with whistleblower protection and intake information,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a post on X Thursday night.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar in an undated photo released by the FBI after he attacked New Orleans’ Bourbon Street with a pickup truck and was killed in a shootout with responding officers. (FBI)
Routh, 58 years old, He had roots in North Carolina but was recently living in Hawaii. Luna appeared to reference a recent report that Routh, a civilian with a long criminal history, had visited Fort Bragg dozens of times.
Luna is a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. His office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Army said Thursday that while Jabbar and Livelsberger served at the North Carolina base, there was no overlap in the time they were stationed there.
Matthew Livelsberger seen in a photograph. (Fox News)
In Las Vegas, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that while both men went to Afghanistan in 2009, any potential ties there were still being investigated.
“We don’t have any evidence that they were in the same province of Afghanistan, in the same location or in the same unit,” McMahill said. “Once again, there is something else that remains under investigation.”
Both men used the Turo app to rent electric vans used in the incidents, he said.
Ryan Routh was arrested for alleged attempted murder of a major presidential candidate, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, assault on a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm. with a deleted serial number in Palm Beach County, Florida, on September 15, 2024. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
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Between 2007 and 2015, Jabbar was a human resources specialist and an IT specialist. From 2015 to 2020, he remained an IT specialist in the Army Reserve. Livelsberger was an active duty Army Green Beret in the 10th Special Forces Group.
Livelsberger, 37 years oldhas been identified as the man who exploded inside a Cybertruck loaded with explosive and flammable material just steps from the front door of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.
Discussing a possible motive, authorities on Friday released sections of to “manifesto” left by Livelsberger, who wrote that “This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake-up call.”
Post-traumatic stress disorder and ongoing family problems were also likely factors, sheriff’s officials said.
Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in January 2025. (Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS)
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Hours earlier, Jabbar, 42, drove a rented Ford EV into pedestrians on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 and injuring more than 30. After the crash, he opened fire on police and was killed. in a shootout. The FBI said Thursday that the Texas native had pledged allegiance to ISIS and was a domestic terrorist.
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia told reporters in New Orleans Thursday that “no definitive link” between the attack and the explosion had been discovered, but authorities in both cases said they were still investigating.
