Cybertruck Blast Suspect Revealed to Be Active-Duty Green Beret Soldier
Source: Daily Beast
The suspect in the New Years Day Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas was an active-duty highly trained Special Operations soldier, according to multiple reports.
The driver who rented the Tesla has been named as 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
He was said to be married to a social worker and on leave from duty in Germany at the time of the attack. His wife had not heard from him for several days, reported CBS News.
As the FBI and police investigators try to piece together the 8:40 a.m. Wednesday attack that left the driver dead and seven people injured outside the Trump International Hotel, CNNs John Miller said the man who rented the Cybertruck had 19 years plus of military service and was in Special Forces command.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cybertruck-blast-suspect-revealed-to-be-active-duty-green-beret-soldier/

Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)hlthe2b
(108,891 posts)the vehicle and Denver News (who has broken most of this story) indicate his wife hadn't seen him much lately as she made accusations of "infidelity." So, if the body is him, that also gives rise to questions as to why a Special Forces soldier would go about creating such a crude improvised fireworks-derived explosive--that he certainly would know would not cause a "big explosion" of surrounding buildings (Trump Hotel) IF that was his intent.
A lot of questions...
Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)So perhaps the body is not his or there is missing information.
Iggo
(48,751 posts)Maybe it was just a very messy suicide.
Who knows?
Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)Even if it was a suicide, it was very messy and dramatic.
And seems beyond chance that a smart, trained military man would
not understand the symbolism of a Tesla blowing up in front of a Trump hotel.
thesquanderer
(12,544 posts)wolfie001
(4,358 posts)New Year's 2025 not starting off well at all.
Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)taxi
(2,118 posts)Maybe he was told the trigger mechanism would act like the neuralyzer used in the movie Men in Black. No one would remember seeing him get out of the truck, there would be a short delay, and then all hell would break loose. He would be long gone.
Instead that button locked the doors and lit the fuse. He was highly trained to follow orders. And now he is long gone.
Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)LiberalArkie
(17,770 posts)Mike 03
(18,311 posts)But so far we don't have evidence of any huge life stressors. On the contrary, he was set to be married. Nor have we been told that he left a note or a final communication. So maybe not.
With both of these suspects, I hope technicians are able to perform toxicology tests.
Irish_Dem
(67,101 posts)Wicked Blue
(7,761 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(53,763 posts)wolfie001
(4,358 posts)So many questions and potential theories.
Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)Literally nothing about this story makes sense.
Traildogbob
(10,851 posts)Cave woman shuts down the border these illegal immigrants will no longer be a threat to us good MurKKKans. So we just have to hold up until January 29 and Presidents Select, Mump, will make us safe again.
And Senator Foghorn will get the truth out to all of us to know, or he will bring Fresh Hell down on us.
Sorry but GQP Hell is not fresh, that shits been pouring down like a monsoon since 2015, with the escalator decent into hell.
sop
(13,386 posts)"Authorities were investigating the link as a possible connection between the two New Year's Day attacks, those sources said. There was belief Thursday morning that the two men overlapped but there was not yet evidence that they were assigned together or knew each other, according to an official briefed on the investigation who spoke to ABC News."
"In a Thursday morning press briefing, FBI officials in New Orleans said there was 'no definitive link' between the two events."
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates
Curiouser and curiouser...
obamanut2012
(28,361 posts)And where the SF are located.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(120,883 posts)randr
(12,534 posts)Sick on hate.
speak easy
(11,307 posts)That Cybertruck was awfully incompetent car bomb, if that was what was intended, let alone the work of a Special Forces commander. Does not compute.
brer cat
(26,878 posts)sinkingfeeling
(54,797 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(53,763 posts)By picking tRump building and musky vehicle he got noticed.
I'm guessing he wanted to suicide and decide to go out with a bang in more ways than one. Might even be a suicide pact with a military buddy.
intheflow
(29,461 posts)Perhaps the seemingly weird, amatuerish bomb materials were because he didn't actually want anyone (else?) hurt. But the juxtaposition of a Tesla and Trump Tower is definitely not by accident.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)LAS VEGAS (AP) The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trumps Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the explosive was rudimentary and the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force, officials said Thursday.
Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that a handgun was found at the feet of the man, who officials believe is Matthew Livelsberger. Officials believe the shot was self-inflicted.
Damage from the blast was mostly limited to the interior of the truck. The blast vented out and up and didnt hit the Trump hotel doors just a few feet away, the sheriff said.
The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience, said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hotel-explosion-tesla-cybertruck-5c5a8fd13a50e2bcde46370ae926d427
intrepidity
(8,218 posts)right at the front driver side just before the big explosion in the back.
I didn't look carefully at it frame by frame, but it would track with maybe a firearm setting off the explosion?
Beachnutt
(8,597 posts)Exploding in front of trumps trump tower ?
Would the guy have left a manifesto and authorities are keeping it under wraps ?
Turbineguy
(38,920 posts)trump himself radicalized them with all his BS.
kimbutgar
(24,655 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(160,817 posts)Link to tweet
Matthew Alan Livelsberger
37 yr old American
Active Duty U.S. military
Special Forces
Not an immigrant
Not a Muslim
Not trans

PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,615 posts)manufacture and detonate explosives?
JustAnotherGen
(34,628 posts)But have six audio tapes from my dad in a safe place (recorded in 2004).
He was in the first "class".
You'd be amazed at what they are capable of.