Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old active duty U.S. Army servicemember, was identified as the driver who died in a possible terror attack outside a Las Vegas hotel. The rented Tesla Cybertruck Livelsberger was driving exploded at the Trump International Hotel, injuring seven bystanders. The truck's bed was filled with fireworks and gas canisters, leading authorities to investigate the incident as potential terrorism.
The driver who died in a possible terror attack outside a Las Vegas hotel has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old active duty U.S. Army servicemember.According to the Associated Press, Livelsberger was behind the wheel of a rented Tesla Cybertruck that exploded at the Trump International Hotel on Wednesday. Seven bystanders were injured but Livelsberger was the only person killed.
The pickup truck’s bed was filled with fireworks and gas canisters, leading officials to investigate the blast as possible terrorism.Livelsberger was a 37-year-old most recently from Colorado Springs, Colorado. According to KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, Livelsberger had multiple addresses in Colorado Springs, and FBI agents were searching at least one townhome connected to him there.Livelsberger served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter terrorism abroad and train partners, the Army said in a statement. He had served in the Army since 2006, rising through the ranks with a long career of overseas assignments, deploying twice to Afghanistan and serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, the Army said. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. Livelsberger was on approved leave when he died, according to the statement.The FBI was also investigating any possible connection between him and the apparent terror attack in New Orleans, where an allegedly radicalized Army veteran drove into New Year’s revelers, killing 14. Both suspects were military servicemembers and both used the Turo app to rent their vehicles, but beyond that, agents did not immediately believe there was any connectio
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