Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in the vehicle, which bore the flag of the Islamic State group.

The man accused in the alleged New Year's Day New Orleans terrorist attack, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was reportedly in the United States Army.

Suspect tied to a pair of New Year’s Day incidents both spent time at the same United States Army base in North Carolina, according to the Associated Press. In New Orleans, a man identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar was accused of ramming a truck into a crowd,

The father of the man accused of detonating a bomb outside of the Las Vegas Trump hotel on New Year’s Day said his son “loved the Army and loved America,” he told CBS News.

The U.S. Army on Thursday confirmed that the suspect responsible for the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas on New Year's Day was a military veteran. Why it matters: While officials have not confirmed a link between the Las Vegas explosion and the New Orleans pickup truck attack,

The Tesla was rented in Colorado via the Turo app and officials could track the truck’s movement through videos recorded at charging stations.