***I will update this post as information comes out.
*UPDATE 4:08 PM* It’s getting me more suspicious.
The driver, believed to be Matthew Livelsberger, shot himself in the head before the cybertruck exploded.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill also said authorities have been able to identify Livelsberger as the person in the car. They only know that he rented the car. From CBS News:
At a briefing Thursday, Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department referred to the driver of the truck as the subject of the investigation, and said there are no other subjects at this time.The driver who died was the only person in the vehicle when it went up in flames. He is also the only person known by police to have been inside the 2024 model Cybertruck since it was rented, according to the sheriff. But the condition of the body has prevented law enforcement from making a definitive identification until they receive dental records and DNA test results.”His body is burnt beyond recognition, and I do still not have confirmation 100% that that is the individual that was inside of our vehicle,” McMahill said. Investigators said Livelsberger’s military ID, passport and credit cards were found in the vehicle, along with several firearms.
However, McMahill also said the driver had the same tattoos as Livelsberger. From Fox News:
“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.
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The FBI identified the driver of the exploding cybertruck in front of Trump’s Las Vegas hotel on New Year’s Day as active-duty U.S. Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger.
Livelsberger and Shamsud Din Jabbar, the man behind the New Orleans terror attack, spent time at Fort Bragg. Authorities could not find any time their assignments overlapped at the base.
Jabbar committed his attack hours before Livelsberger’s car exploded.
Both men rented the cars from Turo. The authorities have been investigating for any possible links between the two.
From The Associated Press:
Two law enforcement officials identified the man inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck as Matthew Livelsberger. The officials spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.Three U.S. officials said Livelsberger was an active-duty Army member who spent time at the base formerly known as Fort Bragg, a massive Army base in North Carolina that is home to Army special forces command. The officials also spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of his service.
The FBI has been investigating the Las Vegas explosion as a possible act of terrorism.
According to The Denver Post, Livelsberger “has had multiple Colorado Springs addresses registered to him since 2019.”
Agents and local police searched one Colorado Springs residence on Thursday. No one would confirm if Livelsberger resided in the home.
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