Chilling items of Trump Tower hotel bomber’s Tesla Cybertruck
As investigators probe the motive behind the Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, they have laid bare the contents of the truck, displaying the scale of explosive material inside.
The chilling contents of the Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas has been put on display by cops, showing the extent of explosives and weapons inside.
37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty US special forces officer from Colorado Springs, rented a Tesla Cybertruck while "on leave from active military duty in Germany" before driving it to Nevada. The highly decorated soldier parked up outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day at around 8.30am and shot himself in the head before the explosion.
The explosion caused minor injuries to seven people, but next to no damage to the hotel. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill saying the Green Beret likely planned a more damaging attack, but the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force from the crudely built explosive, as the explosion "vented out and up" instead of out.
Pictures have shown the extent of the weapons and explosive materials recovered from the charred truck as invetigators work to determine a motive behind the New Year’s Day attack. Among the burned remnants were a handgun, found at Livelsberger’s feet, another firearm, a number of fireworks, a passport, a military ID, credit cards, an iPhone and a smartwatch, according to Sheriff McMahill.
Authorities confirmed both guns were purchased legally. A law enforcement official said investigators had learned through interviews that Livelsberger may have gotten into a fight with his wife about relationship issues just before renting the Tesla and buying the guns. The official spoke on anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the ongoing investigation.
A rifle was found in the burnt out truck, which authorities say had been purchased legally
Livelsberger’s remains were burned beyond recognition following the explosion, with the Clark County coroner ruling his death suicide by gunshot. He served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter terrorism abroad and train partners. Livelsberger had served since 2006, rising through the ranks with a long career of overseas assignments, with two deployments to Afghanistan as well as serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, according to the US Army. He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, including one with a valour device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Amry Commendation Medal with valour.
Charred ID documents belonging to Matthew Livelsberger were found in the truck
Sheriff McMahill said Livelsberger rented the Tesla in Denver on Saturday before displaying a map showing it was charged in the Colorado town of Monument, near Colorado Springs, on Monday. On New Year’s Eve it was charged in Trinidad, Colorado, and three towns in New Mexico along the Interstate 40 corridor. On Wednesday, the day of the explosion, it was charged in three Arizona towns before a video showed it on the Las Vegas strip at around 7.30am.
The sheriff said investigators obtained charging station photos showing Livelsberger "was the individual that was driving this vehicle" and was alone. Cops searched a Colorado Springs townhouse on Thursday as part of the investigation, with neighbours saying the man who lived there had a wife and baby and gave no indication he posed danger to anyone.
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