37-year-old Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a U.S. Army veteran, was identified as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day. Authorities used tattoos, credit cards, military ID, and a passport to identify Livelsberger, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the vehicle explosion.
The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day has been identified as 37-year-old Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a U.S. Army service member from Colorado, U.S. officials said. Livelsberger was shot in the head in what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot prior to the detonation of the vehicle, police said.
Authorities used his tattoos, along with his credit cards, military identification and passport, to identify him at the scene. 'There are two tattoos, one of which was on the stomach and one of which is on the arm that we can see bits and pieces of it, as in comparison to what it is that we now know he had, on his body,' Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday. 'That has given us a lot of confidence that this is, in fact, the same person, as well as of which the clearly obvious, which is the credit cards, the military identification, the passport,' he added. The 37-year-old recently returned from an overseas assignment in Germany and was on approved leave at the time of the incident, according to a U.S. official. He had served in the Army since 2006, rising through the ranks. 'Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger enlisted as an 18X and served in the active duty Army from January 2006 to March 2011. Livelsberger then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, followed by the Army Reserve from July 2012 to December 2012. He entered the active duty Army in December 2012 and was a U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier,' an Army spokesperson confirmed to Fox News. He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor
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