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Police are investigating following the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on January 1, 2025.
Photo : Reuters / ALCIDES ANTUNES
Posted at 2:36 p.m. EST
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The man who allegedly rented the Tesla Cybertruck vehicle that exploded Wednesday in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas was an active member of the American army.
Authorities identified the man as Matthew Alan Livelsberger. Identification papers were reportedly found in the vehicle.
In a statement Thursday, the US military confirmed Livelsberger’s death, but did not specify the cause.
The suspect had a gunshot wound to the head, the Las Vegas sheriff said Thursday.
We discovered, thanks to the medical examiner’s office, that the individual had been shot in the head before the vehicle exploded.
said Kevin McMahill, suggesting suicide, but specifying that the body had yet to be formally identified.
The suspect’s motives are currently unknown.
More details will follow.
With information from CNN and Agence France-Presse
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