The man, a soldier from Colorado, had rented the car to go to Nevada. Present in the passenger compartment during the explosion this Wednesday 1is January, he died instantly.
The day after the impressive explosion of the Tesla Cybertruck pickup in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States, causing the death of the vehicle’s only passenger, the identity of the vehicle is finally revealed. According to the Associated Press (AP), it is Matthew Livelsberger, a soldier, confirming information from American media Denver7 and CBS News. During the explosion, seven people who were near the hotel were also injured.
The man, 37, was reportedly serving in Germany but was on leave in Colorado, where he is from, for the holiday season. According to CBS News, his wife has not heard from him for several days. The car that exploded in front of the Trump hotel did not belong to Matthew Livelsberger and was rented from the Turo agency by him. His relatives claim that he had rented the pick-up but do not know for what reason.
Passed by the Fort Bragg military base
According to information from Denver7, Matthew Livelsberger has several addresses associated with his name in the city of Colorado Springs. One of them would have been under surveillance Wednesday evening by the FBI, the evening of the pickup explosion. American media also indicate that he served on the same military base in Afghanistan as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect in the attack in New Orleans which took place on New Year’s Eve a few hours earlier and provoked the death of at least 15 people and injured around thirty others. Information confirmed by CBS News.
For its part, AP claims that Matthew Livelsberger would also have passed through the large military base in North Carolina, Fort Bragg, now known as Fort Liberty, the largest commando training base in the world stretched over 49 km2.
He was carrying cans of gasoline and fireworks mortars
In the back of the vehicle in which Matthew Livelsberger’s body was found, cans of gasoline and large fireworks mortars were discovered.
Questioned by the press, Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill, however, affirmed that there was currently no “no indication” allowing a link to be established between the explosion in front of the Trump hotel and the Islamic State (IS) group. “There is no visible ISIS flag like there was in New Orleans”said the police officer. “As you can imagine, with an explosion here on our iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking every precaution to keep our community safe”Kevin McMahill had declared a little earlier.
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