I'm DailyWire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, January 2nd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

After initially suggesting there might be a terror cell involved, authorities now believe that Shamsuddin Jabbar acted alone when he allegedly drove into a New Orleans New Year's Eve crowd, killing 15.

Jabar died shortly after in a shootout with police.

Federal agents are sweeping locations across several cities as investigations continue.

That includes the search of a New Orleans Airbnb allegedly tied to Jabbar and a home in Houston.

During a press conference today, the FBI also

addressed theories surrounding the New Orleans attack and Vegas cyber truck explosion being connected.

At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in

Las Vegas. And again, I'll preface as I close.

I'll preface everything with what I started with in the beginning, which was this is very

early in an investigation like this. Meanwhile, officials have identified the driver of the

Tesla cyber truck that blew up outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New

years. Daily Wire Deputy Managing

editor Tim Rice has the latest. Law enforcement says Colorado resident and army veteran Matthew

Livelsberger rented the Tesla on Turo, then drove it up to the front of the hotel.

There, explosive devices in the bed detonated, killing the driver and injuring several people.

Officials say the vehicle was packed with firework-style mortars, camping fuel, and a detonation

device.

Littlesberger reportedly has several addresses in Colorado Springs, at least one of which

was raided by officials late Wednesday.

The suspect in the terror attack in New Orleans was also a military veteran, and the truck

he used was also rented

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