Summary

Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, has been identified as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

Livelsberger died in the blast, which injured seven people with minor injuries.

Authorities are investigating the explosion as a potential act of terror, noting Livelsberger’s military connection to Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans attack hours earlier.

Firework mortars and fuel canisters were found in the truck, with no confirmed motive yet.

  • kittehx
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    21
    ·
    4 days ago

    why do they need a suspect? cybertrucks just kinda do that

    • adhocfungus@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      4 days ago

      Up until this article I legitimately assumed that’s what was happening in the image. I don’t understand what message the suspect was trying to send, but the investigators seem confident it was intentional, I guess.