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,

Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people, served in the U.S. Army for 13 years including a deployment to Afghanistan,