New Orleans attack: Authorities probe possible military link to Trump Tower Cybertruck blast, officials say
The suspects in the New Orleans car ramming attack and the Las Vegas Trump Tower Tesla Cybertruck explosion may have a military connection, officials said.
Authorities are investigating a possible military connection between the New Orleans car-ramming suspect and the person who died after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Las Vegas’ Trump International Hotel on New Year’s Day, two law enforcement sources familiar with the cases told NBC News.
The potential link was just one thread being pulled by officials Thursday, who were also searching a site in Texas a day after a man drove a pick-up truck flying an ISIS flag into New Orleans’ busy Bourbon Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 15 people and injuring at least 30 others.
The FBI is investigating it as a terrorist act. Authorities are still looking into “people of interest,” New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told NBC News’ “TODAY” show Thursday.
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Weapons and a potential improvised explosive device were also found in the rented truck, the FBI said.Matthew Hinton / AFP - Getty ImagesHours after the New Orleans attack, the Las Vegas explosion triggered heightened security around Trump towers in New York and Chicago. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to take office later this month.President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “law enforcement and the intelligence community” were investigating “whether there’s any possible connection” between the incidents.
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