Newly released Military documents Regarding the New Year's Day attackers, Matthew Livelsperger and Shamsuddin Jabbar show that while both were stationed at Fort Bragg at the time and deployed to Afghanistan, the two never served together.
On New Year's Day, Livelsperger and Jabbar carried out attacks in two major American cities.
Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas, rammed a rented pickup truck bearing an ISIS flag into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans During the early morning hours, killing more than ten people and wounding dozens. Livelsberger blew up a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas later that morning.
Investigators said early in the investigation that both men served in the Army and were stationed at Fort Bragg, the military base in North Carolina now known as Fort Liberty. They were deployed to Afghanistan at the same time, leading some to speculate that the two incidents were related and that the two men worked together.
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The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day has been identified as active duty Army soldier Matthew Livelsperger, right. The Levelsberger attack occurred within hours of Shamseddine Jabbar, left, driving a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans. (Fox News)
But on Sunday, Army spokeswoman Lt. Col. Ruth Castro said Livelsperger and Jabbar did not serve together, despite the overlap.
The Army also provided assignments for both Livelsperger and Jabbar to show where they were stationed and what role they served.
While on active duty, Jabbar served as a human resources specialist and was stationed at Fort Richardson, Arkansas, from January 2008 to September 2010. During that time, he was also deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.
Shams al-Din Jabbar appears in this photo obtained from social media, posted in November 2013, at Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) in Louisiana. (1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division via Facebook via Reuters)
From February 2008 to October 2010, Levelsberger was stationed with the 10th Special Forces Group in Germany. Between May and December 2009 and June and September 2010, Livelsperger deployed to Afghanistan.
Although the two men were deployed to Afghanistan at the same time, the military said they were among as many as 100,000 US troops deployed in the country.
Jabbar was stationed with the 82nd Provisional Infantry Battalion at Fort Bragg from June 2011 to January 2015, and Levelsberger was stationed there with the Student Support Battalion from December 2012 to October 2013.
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Matthew Livelsperger poses in an undated photo. (Fox News)
While they were stationed at Fort Bragg in 2012, 50,000 other American soldiers were also there, the Army said.
The FBI said last week that it had found no potential terrorist ties with Levelsberger.
At a news conference Friday afternoon, Las Vegas Metro Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill spoke about Livelsperger's struggle with PTSD and his possible motives for the New Year's attack.
A cyber truck catches fire, left, and investigators inspect the damage, right. (Alcides Antunes/via Reuters | Las Vegas Police Department via AP)
“Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic suicide involving a highly decorated combat veteran who… He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder “And other issues,” McMahill said.
Police officials on Friday also released parts of Livelsberger's “statement.”
“This was not a terrorist attack, but rather a wake-up call,” Livelsperger wrote, according to the clipped notes shared by Twitter. Las Vegas Police. “Americans only care about spectacle and violence. What better way to get my point across than with fireworks and explosives?”
On the other hand, authorities said the New Orleans attack was clearly inspired by terrorism. Jabbar, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS, killed 14 people and wounded dozens, according to authorities, who said Jabbar then opened fire on responding officers. They returned fire and killed him.
Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
