The suspect who died in a Tesla’s Cybertruck that exploded in front of a hotel vegas property of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trumphad a wound bullet in the headindicated the authorities on Thursday.
The man who allegedly rented the Tesla’s Cybertruck that exploded in front of a hotel in vegas property of the president-elect of the United States, he was a member of the special forces of the country’s army, according to information this Thursday from official sources.
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The Pentagon stated that Matthew Alan Livelsberger He was on leave on Wednesday when the vehicle loaded with fuel tanks and fireworks detonated.
Authorities said that person inside the vehicle died and seven bystanders were injured.
The attacker had a gunshot wound to the head.
The local police chief of Las Vegas (state of Nevada, west), Kevin McMahill, He later reported that the deceased had a gunshot wound to the head. Experts believe this suggests that the alleged perpetrator of the attack committed suicide before the explosion.
American media reported that Livelsberger rented the Tesla Cybertruck, although the authorities have not yet confirmed this version nor the identity of the person who He died inside the vehicle.
“The US Army Special Operations Command can confirm that Livelsberger was assigned to the command and had approved leave at the time of his death,” a spokesman for the army said, although without confirming that he was the person inside the truck.
The military spokesman detailed that Livelsberger was in that force from 2006 to 2011, before serving in the National Guard and Army Reserve and then joining the special forces in 2012.
The attack occurred hours after a man ran over a crowd with a truck in the city of New Orleans (southern state of Louisiana). The attack left 14 dead and more than 30 injured.
The authorities considered the hypothesis that both attacks were related. However, hours later the FBI federal police announced that the attack vegas It was “isolated” and had no relation to the New Orleans incident, in which the driver of the vehicle acted alone, without accomplices.