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Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar is accused of intentionally plowing a pickup truck into New Year's revelers early Wednesday morning along Bourbon Street, authorities said. WRAL News is looking into whether he spent time at Fort Liberty.

New Orleans attack suspect spent time at Fort Liberty, pleaded guilty to DWI charge in NC in 2015

<p>SUN ON THE RADIO. ONE, A 1.5, HT 3 IN THE STORES ANYWHERE IN THE TRIAL. MORE THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE DEADLY ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. FRENCH QUARTER INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL AT THE CRIME SCENE ON BOURBON STREET. WE'RE GETTING YOU A LIVE LOOK THERE THIS MORNING. FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WE'VE BEEN SHOWING YOU THIS MORNING. &gt;&gt; POLICE SAID THAT AREA CLOSE DOWN AND THIS MORNING THE FBI RELEASED THIS NEW PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT. 42 YEAR-OLD SOME SUDAN JABAR. THEY SAY HE INTENTIONALLY DROVE A TRUCK INTO A CROWDED STREET AND KILLED AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE AND INJURED DOZENS MORE EVEN OPENED FIRE ON POLICE. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING. THAT CASE AS AN ACT OF TERROR. NOW POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED AND THOSE STILL ALIVE FOR COVERING. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, WE SHOULD MENTION INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO AN EXPLOSION OF A TESLA CYBERTRUCK THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE A TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. THAT TOO, IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK. SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS THE LOS VEGAS DRIVER HAD MILITARY EXPERIENCE AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THERE IS ANY CONNECTION TO THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECT. &gt;&gt; AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT JABAR. WE'RE LEARNING THIS MORNING THAT HE PLEADED GUILTY TO DUI CHARGES HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. BACK IN 2015, CNN IS REPORTING THIS. THEY SAY JABAR PLEAD GUILTY TO 2 CHARGES, INCLUDING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IN 2015. HE HAD ALSO DRIVEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT HE WAS DRIVING WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL. HE WAS CHARGED WITH A LEVEL 5 DWI, HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HE WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR 12 MONTHS. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT AND ALSO TREATMENT THAT HE WAS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR. &gt;&gt; THE SUSPECT IN THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK DOES HAVE TIES TO NORTH CAROLINA. WE KNOW HE WAS STATION FOR A TIME NEAR FAYETTEVILLE AND FORT LIBERTY WRS KELSEY COFFEY JOINS US LIVE FROM FORT LIBERTY. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO HIS MILITARY HISTORY. KELSEY. &gt;&gt; YES, RENEE. AND THIS MORNING WE'RE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT CHAMP'S ODEEN JABAR. YOU JUST HEARD THAT FROM THE SHELL A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. AND NOW WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT HIS TIES HERE TO FORT LIBERTY. WE SPOKE WITH AN EXPERT WHO SAYS HIS MILITARY EXPERIENCE COULD PLAY A ROLE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. DIVORCE FILING SHOW JABAR LIVED IN THIS FAYETTEVILLE HOME AT ONE POINT, AN ARMY SPOKESPERSON SAYS JABAR SERVED BETWEEN 2007 2015. WE FOUND THIS PHOTO FROM 2013 ON THE 82ND AIRBORNE. IS FACEBOOK PAGE. IT SHOWS A SOLDIER LATER IDENTIFIED AS JABAR WORKING IN IT. DIVORCE FILINGS AND TEXAS LIST. HIS EMPLOYER IS FORT BRAGG NOW CALLED FORT LIBERTY. THE FBI SAYS JABAR HAD AN ISIS FLAG IN THE BACK OF HIS RENT. A TRUCK DURING THE ATTACK. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, TAKE A RENTED VEHICLE AND PLANT AN ISIS FLAG ON THE TRAILER. HITCH. AND UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO TO PRESENT A MESSAGE OR CONVEY A MESSAGE. &gt;&gt; PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY INDICATES THERE WERE SOME RED FLAGS. HE SAYS THE FBI REPORTED JABAR POSTED VIDEOS SUGGESTING HE WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO KILL JUST HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK WORKING TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE WAS A PART OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. WE'LL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE HEAR BACK FROM</p>

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