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Green Beret in Las Vegas Bombing and New Orleans Attacker Had Brief Overlap in Military Careers

Memorial on Bourbon Street and Canal Street in New Orleans

The active-duty Green Beret behind the suicide bombing in a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas and the Army veteran who plowed a truck through a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day had a brief overlap in their service at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. However, despite their shared history at the base, formerly Fort […]

New Orleans Attacker Served in Army for More than a Decade, Deployed to Afghanistan

Security personnel investigate the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street

The man who federal officials say was responsible for a ramming attack that killed at least 15 people in the early hours of New Year’s Day in New Orleans had served in the Army for more than a decade, according to records from the service. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas, was the […]