Las Vegas police have identified Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old from Colorado, as the person who rented the vehicle and drove the Cybertruck from Colorado to Las Vegas. They said they are fairly certain it is the same person who was found dead in the vehicle after the explosion, but are awaiting DNA analysis to confirm that.
The body was burned beyond recognition and was found with a gunshot wound to the head believed to be self-inflicted, Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said. The explosion injured seven people after the vehicle, filled with fuel canisters and firework mines, exploded. Officials said all injuries were minor.
Authorities said they still have not determined a motive.
“I’m sure it was a suicide with a bomb that went off right after,” Sheriff McMahill said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Livelsberger rented the Cybertruck on December 28 in Denver, Colorado. He has decades of experience in the US military, serving in the Army and National Guard. He joined active military service in December 2012 as a special operations soldier.
The US military said he was on authorized leave at the time of his death.
Livelsberger’s father told BBC affiliate CBS that his son was currently serving in Germany and was on leave to visit Colorado and see his wife and eight-month-old daughter.
The father added that the last time he spoke to his son was at Christmas and that everything seemed normal.
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