Suspect, 37, served as Green Beret, and authorities say he died from self-inflicted gunshot to head. The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside the hotel in Las Vegas part-owned by Donald Trump was a highly decorated US army Green Beret who was deployed twice to Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. The driver and lone occupant of the electric-powered Tesla Cybertruck that caught fire and exploded has been identified as Matthew Livelsberger, from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Livelsberger, 37, died, while seven bystanders were wounded. Livelsberger was first identified in media reports and on Thursday afternoon the FBI said it believed the suspect was Livelsberger and was waiting for DNA tests to confirm this. The explosion occurred early on Wednesday morning, just hours after a mass killing in New Orleans in which a military veteran rammed a truck into a crowd. Soon after the explosion in Las Vegas, investigators discovered the vehicle was packed with fireworks-style mortars, camping fuel and gas canisters. Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas metropolitan police department, also confirmed the suspect’s name and revealed that shortly before the explosion Livelsberger died from a shot to the head authorities believe was self-inflicted. (…) The US army said Livelsberger was an active-duty soldier from 2006 to 2011, before transferring to the national guard and then the army reserves. He rejoined the army in 2012 and was a special operations soldier. US special operations command confirmed that Livelsberger was assigned to the command and on leave at the time of his death. He served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter-terrorism abroad and train US partners, the army said in a statement. He had been deployed twice to Afghanistan and also served in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and DR Congo, the army said. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge, and an army commendation medal with valor.
via guardian: Driver in Las Vegas Cybertruck blast was decorated US army soldier, officials say
siehe auch: A Cybertruck ‘blew up’ outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas. A hotel guest captured video of the vehicle in flames directly outside the hotel doors. A Tesla Cybertruck appeared to explode outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday morning. A video shared on X shows the truck engulfed in flames just outside the hotel’s lobby, with the person who captured it saying the Cybertruck “blew up.”; Fahrer des explodierten Tesla Cybertrucks war aktiver Elitesoldat Der Insasse des explodierten Tesla Cybertrucks war Mitglied der Green Berets. Die Elitesoldaten der U.S. Army sind unter anderem für Terrorismusbekämpfung im Einsatz. Einen Zusammenhang mit der Tat in New Orleans schließt das FBI aus. Der Fahrer des in Las Vegas explodierten Tesla Cybertrucks war ein aktiver US-Soldat. Das teilten mehrere US-Offizielle der Associated Press mit. Das FBI bestätigte, dass er Teil der Eliteeinheit der Green Berets war. Die Green Berets sind die dienstälteste Spezialeinheit der US-Armee und unter anderem für Terrorismusbekämpfung im Einsatz. Der Mann kam bei der Explosion des Cybertrucks vor dem Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas ums Leben. Nach Angaben des Leiters der Polizeibehörde von Las Vegas soll er sich in den Kopf geschossen haben
