Blame Game: Matthew Livelsberger!

Are they gonna call this man a terrorist or a man who had mental issues after serving in the military?

Y'all voted for this.

The suspect who drove a Tesla Cybertruck to Las Vegas and detonated it in front of the Trump Tower International Hotel was identified.

President-elect Donald J. Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were not at the facility.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald J. Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Gov. Joe Lambardo, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and the U.S. House members of Nevada were notified. The FBI, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Clark County Sheriff's Department and ATF are involved.

The suspect was a man from Colorado. He was a former U.S. military officer who is American. He rented the vehicle from an app similar to the suspect in New Orleans who used a Ford Lightning F150 to ram into people.

The suspect was killed and seven people were injured.

The suspect was a white man.

Are they gonna call it terrorism or mental illness?

The contents of a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the main entrance of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Seven bystanders were injured, and the vehicle's sole occupant died from a gunshot wound to the head immediately prior to the explosion. Authorities found that the truck contained firework mortars and gas canisters. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.

According to senior law enforcement sources, 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger was the driver and had several Colorado Springs addresses associated to him, KOAA reports.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is at a townhouse complex, the Colorado Springs Police Department told KOAA.

The perpetrator, in the driver's seat of the vehicle, killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head before the explosion, his handgun being found at his feet. He was identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as Livelsberger (July 22, 1987 – January 1, 2025) from Colorado Springs, Colorado, an active-duty United States Army Special Forces soldier since January 2006 who was on approved leave at the time of the explosion.

Suspect has ties to Ohio, Colorado and the New Orleans man who intentionally hit people during a New Year's Day celebration.

Livelsberger was born and raised in Bucyrus, Ohio, and was a student at Bucyrus High School until 2005. He served in the United States Army for 19 years and was on active duty in the United States Army Special Forces at the time of his death. He had deployed to several countries, including Afghanistan, Ukraine, the Republic of the Congo, Tajikistan, and Georgia, and received several commendations for his service. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a Combat Infantryman Badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. He graduated summa cum laude from Norwich University with a degree in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis.

Livelsberger had ties to several other Ohio towns, including Ontario, Westerville, and Cuyahoga Falls. He was last posted in Germany but was on leave in Colorado; according to his wife, he had disappeared for several days before his death. Multiple addresses in the Colorado Springs area were associated with Livelsberger's name.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating the explosion the same day. The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. President Joe Biden was briefed on the event. Investigators also explored any possible connection with the New Orleans truck attack that occurred hours earlier and in which the same car-sharing application was used. The FBI later reported that there was no definitive link between the two attacks. Tesla had independently investigated the incident.

Livelsberger's uncle told The Independent that he thought the Cybertruck had exploded due to a mechanical fault, and was therefore surprised when contacted and informed of his nephew's involvement. He said his nephew served in the Special Forces because he was very patriotic toward his country, and that Livelsberger was a talented "supersoldier" who was skilled with explosives and could have used better explosives than "propane tanks and camping fuel".