A 37-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier is suspected of driving a rented Tesla Cybertruck to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and detonating it after appearing to shoot himself in the head. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism.
Investigators are still trying to figure out what led an active-duty U.S. Army soldier to rent a Tesla Cybertruck and drive it to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, where he appeared to shoot himself in the head before the vehicle exploded on New Year’s Day.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger of Colorado Springs, Colorado as a person of interest in the matter, though he would not say with 100% certainty that he is a suspect until DNA matches the remains of a body that was in the Cybertruck with Livelsberger. At about 8:40 a.m., the truck was seen pulling up to the valet entrance of the hotel before stopping. Seventeen seconds later, the vehicle blew up and fireworks could be heard shooting from the bulletproof truck. Along with fireworks, McMahill said the truck contained camping fuel and gasoline. The explosion did not damage the body of the truck, other than to the glass and bed cover, the sheriff noted. He also said the glass doors to the hotel were not damaged, though seven bystanders sustained minor injuries. While the subject’s body was burnt beyond recognition, McMahill also said the individual sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to its detonation, and one of the handguns was found at his feet inside the vehicle. McMahill would not say Livelsberger was on a suicide mission, though he did go as far as to call it 'a suicide with a bombing that occurred immediately thereafter.' On Thursday, FBI agents searched Livelsberger’s home in Colorado Springs to try and piece together what his motive was and how he got to Las Vegas. 'We know we have a bombing, absolutely, and it’s a bombing that certainly has factors that raise concerns,' FBI Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans said during a press conference Thursday
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