NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre expressed confusion and skepticism about the details related to the deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
In a social media post, Favre asked his followers, “What’s going on with the New Orleans and Trump Hotel story? A lot of information and hard to sift through to see what’s real!” Many of his followers responded with similar skepticism, suggesting that the public should “believe the opposite” of what the FBI says and to “ignore the media.”
The two incidents involved recent attacks by two Army soldiers, Shamsud-Din Jabbar and Matthew Livelsberger, who served at Fort Liberty and deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Both men were involved in attacks on consecutive days, with Jabbar plowing a rented pickup truck into New Orleans’ Bourbon Street and Livelsberger eyed in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. However, the Las Vegas Sheriff said that while both men served in Afghanistan, there is no evidence they were in the same province or unit and the investigation is ongoing.
FBI officials released surveillance images of the New Orleans attack and said that Jabbar acted alone and that there is no indication of accomplices. The FBI also recovered a black ISIS flag from Jabbar’s rented truck. The agency is continuing to investigate, with over 30 others injured in the New Orleans attack.
