The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas has been identified as a 37-year-old man. The Gazette reported that sources told KOAA the driver's name was Matthew Livelsberger and he lived in Colorado Springs.
Who was Matthew Livelsberger?
According to reports, Livelsberger had several Colorado Springs addresses associated with him. The FBI showed up at one of these addresses. However, he has not yet been identified by the police.
At least seven bystanders were slightly injured and the driver was killed when the Tesla vehicle caught fire after exploding outside the Vegas hotel. Authorities are now investigating the January 1 incident as a possible terrorist act.
Meanwhile, investigators determined that the Tesla truck was rented through the Turo app, which was also used to rent the van used by suspected terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar in the New Orleans attack. At least 15 people died when Jabbar drove the vehicle flying an ISIS flag into New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street. He was eventually shot dead by the police.
The cybertruck explosion occurred just hours after the New Orleans attack, and Vegas Metropolitan Sheriff Kevin McMahill noted that authorities are “not ruling anything out at this time.” “I don't know, but what I can tell you is that we are absolutely investigating any connection to what happened in New Orleans as well as other attacks that have taken place in the world,” he said. President Joe Biden also said law enforcement was investigating “whether there is a possible connection” between the two tragedies.
McMahill thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his cooperation. “He gave us a lot of information about how the vehicle was locked. And be able to capture all the video from Tesla charging stations across the country,” he said of Musk.
The Cybertruck was filled with fireworks-style mortars, it was confirmed. Authorities are now working to determine whether they were set off deliberately.
