Law enforcement officials confirmed that Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old former Army veteran who lived in Colorado Springs, was behind the explosion in a Cybertruck he rented at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
Authorities confirmed that Livelsberger died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound before the explosion, which injured seven bystanders. Officials said as of Thursday there was no information linking Livelsberger to the terrorist group.
The driver of the Cybertruck was identified as Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger is a U.S. Army special operations soldier who originally enlisted from 2006 to 2012.
Livelsberger, who was on leave at the time of his death, served in the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012 and then enlisted in the Army Reserves from July 2012 to December 2012. Afterwards, he enlisted in the active-duty army in December 2012.
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Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said: Thursday press conference His office is still awaiting DNA confirmation of the driver’s identity and said the attack is not currently connected to the attack in New Orleans.
McMahill said that as authorities traced the route taken from Colorado to Nevada, Livelsberger was the person identified driving the vehicle at each location.
Officials said the investigation into the explosion was ongoing.
that there was an explosion Federal, state and local authorities are conducting a joint investigation near the hotel’s main entrance just before 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
FBI’s Denver Field Office, Denver Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Colorado Springs Police Department Activity confirmed at a Colorado Springs residential address It was linked to the Las Vegas explosion, but no further information was available at the time.
Local authorities confirmed that detonators belonging to Livelsberger caused the explosion, including a fire mortar and a camp fuel canister lodged in the back of the Cybertruck.
President-elect Donald Trump said his social media platform“I have said many times, on the campaign trail and elsewhere, that radical Islamic terrorism and other forms of violent crime will escalate to unimaginable levels in America,” he said, criticizing President Joe Biden’s open border policy. ”
investigator Confirmed that the vehicle has been driven We departed from Colorado and arrived in Las Vegas around 7:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Livelsberger reportedly walked up and down Las Vegas Boulevard for about an hour before entering the valet parking area at the Trump hotel.
7 people were injured. The two were briefly hospitalized before being released, according to the Las Vegas Police Department. The department has increased the deployment of officers throughout the community, including the Las Vegas Strip.
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The attack occurred on the same day that 15 people were killed. Death on Bourbon Street after a man drove his car into the crowd.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen and U.S. Army veteran from Houston, rented an F-150 Lightning truck and was found with an improvised explosive device, body armor and an ISIS flag on the tailgate found in the truck and at two different locations in the French Quarter. This is at stake.
The two suspects behind the separate attacks used car rental app Turo to book vehicles to be used at both locations.
“The @NYPDPC and I have been in constant communication since the attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas.” New York Mayor Eric Adams posted to
The mayor said there was no immediate threat to the city at the time, but security had been beefed up “out of an abundance of caution.” He said the city would increase security and increase the NYPD presence at relevant locations, including Trump Tower and Times Square.
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