NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre expressed confusion and skepticism about the details surrounding the deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
In an X post on Friday, Favre asked his followers “what’s going on” with the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and the Cybertruck bombing outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas that killed one person.
“What’s going on with the story of New Orleans and the Trump Hotel? There’s a lot of information out there and it’s hard to sift through it to see what’s real!” Favre wrote.
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Many of Favre’s fans responded, sharing similar skepticism.
“Whatever the FBI says, believe the opposite!” wrote one user.
Another user responded, advising Favre and others to “ignore the media.”
“None of that. Assume the event. Ignore the media,” the user wrote.
More details about the two attacks have emerged in recent days.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who drove a rented van into New Year’s revelers on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street on Wednesday, and Matthew Livelsberger, the man seen in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas hours later, were both Army soldiers who served at Fort Liberty and were deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, Pak Gazette Digital previously reported.
Clark County Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that while both men served in Afghanistan in 2009, any potential ties there were still under investigation.
“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.”
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A defense official told Pak Gazette there was no evidence based on his military service that the attacks were related. While both men served at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, they were there at different times. The North Carolina base is home to more than 50,000 service members.
The FBI released surveillance footage from the New Orleans attack showing Jabbar about an hour before he allegedly sped a rented Ford pickup truck through a crowd of people. Bourbon Street Participants in an attack that officials say was inspired by the Islamic State.
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre speaks before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Resch Center on October 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
More than 30 people were injured. Despite previously investigating the possibility of accomplices in the attack, the FBI said Thursday that it is confident that Jabbar acted alone.
The FBI recovered a black ISIS flag from Jabbar’s rented van that was used in the attack.
“This investigation is only a little over 24 hours old and we have no indication at this time that anyone else was involved in this attack other than Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar,” said FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia of the Counterterrorism Division. from the FBI. the headquarters said Thursday.
“The FBI is sending people and assets to this area from across the region and across the country. Special agents in field offices across the country are assisting with potential aspects of this investigation and following up on leads. Additional teams of special agents , professional staff and victim specialists continue to arrive to provide more investigative power and assistance to victims and their families.”
