Tesla Cybertruck Blast Case: Before the blast, the soldier sitting in the Tesla car had shot himself - Investigating Officer

On the very first day of the new year, two big explosions took place in America. One of the explosions took place in a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Las Vegas hotel of the newly elected President Donald Trump, in which one person died. The investigation into the matter is ongoing. Officials say that the person sitting in the car had shot himself before the explosion.

Investigative officials said on Thursday that a fully trained army soldier riding in a Tesla Cybertruck filled with explosives outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas shot himself in the head just before the blast. Seven people also suffered minor injuries in this blast, but the hotel did not suffer any damage. He had rented the car.

There is no major damage to the vehicle.

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, may have planned a more damaging attack, but the steel-sided vehicle absorbed most of the force from the crudely constructed explosive. Green Berets The US Army Special Forces are called Green Berets. They are recognized for their special service headgear.

The sheriff said the blast damage was mostly confined to the interior of the vehicle as the explosion occurred "outward and upward" and did not impact the doors of the Trump Hotel located a few feet away.

The motive behind the blast is not known

"We would not expect this to be the kind of incident that comes from a person with that kind of military experience," said Kenny Cooper, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Authorities are still investigating the motive behind the blast.

Spencer Evans, special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI, said, "It does not make sense to us that this happened in front of the Trump building, this is a Tesla car. But we do not have any information right now that can definitely tell us or suggest which ideology was behind this."

According to a US official, Livelsberger had recently returned from an overseas assignment in Germany and was on approved leave when he died.

Fight with wife before buying a gun!

Investigators learned during questioning that he had a fight with his wife over relationship issues shortly before renting the Tesla and buying the guns, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation.

McMahill said burned items found inside the vehicle included a handgun at Livelsberger's feet, another firearm, several explosives, a passport, a military ID, credit cards, an iPhone and a smartwatch. Authorities say both guns were purchased legally.

A day after the blast, investigators on Thursday identified the driver of the vehicle, who was badly burned in the accident, as Livelsberger, of Colorado Springs. The cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot, according to the Clark County coroner.

He had returned from a foreign mission a few days ago.

Livelsberger served in the US Forces Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work abroad to counter terrorism and train partners.

The US Army said he had been serving in the Army since 2006, rising steadily in the ranks with a long career in overseas assignments. He was deployed twice to Afghanistan, then served in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo. He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, one of which was for showing indomitable courage during a fire.

McMahill said Livelsberger rented a Tesla electric vehicle in Denver on Saturday last week. The sheriff also showed a map showing that the vehicle was charged on Monday in Memorial City, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. On New Year's Eve, it was charged in three cities in Trinidad, Colorado and New Mexico along the Interstate 40 corridor.