The U.S. Army confirmed that the suspect responsible for the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas on New Year's Day was a military veteran, Axios reports. While officials have not confirmed any link between the Las Vegas explosion and the New Orleans pickup truck attack, both suspects served in the Army. Both suspects used vehicles from the peer-to-peer rental app Turo. In Las Vegas, Matthew Alan Livelsberger was a member of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and was "on approved leave at the time of his death," an Army spokesperson said. Livelsberger was on active duty army from January 2006 to March 2011, when he served in the National Guard until July 2012. He then served in the Army Reserve until December 2012. He reentered active duty in December 2012, joining U.S. Army Special Operations.
Clark County/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Thursday that the body inside the Tesla Cybertruck had been "burnt beyond recognition." Police displayed a copy of a passport recovered from the vehicle that purportedly belonged to 37-year-old Livelsberger, from Colorado Springs, as well as credit cards in his name. However, McMahill said he would not officially confirm Livelsberger was the body inside the vehicle until DNA testing or medical records confirmed it. The FBI Denver office confirmed Thursday that it was conducting "law enforcement activity" at a residence in Colorado Springs, alongside the Colorado Springs Police Department.
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