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The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was identified as 37-year-old Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a member of the U.S. Army from Colorado, U.S. officials said.
Livelsberger was shot in the head in what police believe was a gunshot before the vehicle detonated, police said.
Authorities used his tattoos, along with his credit cards, military identification and a passport, in order to identify him at the scene.
“There are two tattoos, one on his stomach and one on his arm and we can see pieces of it, as compared to what we now know he had, on his body,” Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in Thursday.
“This gave us a lot of confidence that it is actually the same person, as well as the one clearly visible, which is credit cards, military ID, passport,” he added.
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Matthew Livelsberger poses in an undated photo. (Fox News)
Las Vegas police have been led to believe that Matthew Livelsberger is a person of interest in Wednesday’s explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas, using identification documents found in the truck as well as a tattoo on his arm. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Press Conference)
Military career:
The 37-year-old had recently returned from an overseas assignment in Germany and was on approved leave at the time of the incident, according to a US official.
He served in the army since 2006, advancing through the ranks.
“Master Sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger enlisted as an 18X and served in the active duty Army from January 2006 to March 2011. Livelsberger then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, followed by the Army Reserve from July 2012. until December 2012. He joined the active army in December 2012 and was a US Army Special Operations Soldier“, an army spokesman confirmed to Fox News.
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He was awarded a total of five Bronze Stars, including one with a tool for valor under fire, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the Army Commendation Medal for Valor.
He was deployed twice to Afghanistan and also served in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, the Associated Press reported.
Matthew Livelsberger seen in photo. (Fox News)
Political affiliation:
There has been speculation online about his political leanings, but no confirmed reports of how he voted.
Livelsberger’s uncle, Dean, told The Independent that he “loved Trump”.
“He loved Trump and was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic AmericanDean said. “That’s one of the reasons he was in the special forces for so many years.”
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Family:
Livelsberger appears to have been married at one point to Sara Livelsberger, a 38-year-old who lives in Delray Beach, Florida. Denver Post reported that he divorced in 2018 and remarried in 2022.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sarah Livelsberger for comment.
The Facebook page for Sara has been silent since 2016, but repeatedly mentions Livelsberger as her husband.
In Facebook posts from 2016, Sara said she was a registered Democrat and shared images disparaging President-elect Trump.
The Cybertruck was rented in Colorado, authorities said during a news conference Wednesday.
The futuristic Tesla vehicle was complete with large firework launchers in the back and fuel canisters. He arrived in Las Vegas around 7:30 a.m. local time Wednesday and drove up and down the street before arriving at the Trump Hotel.
The vehicle was parked for about 20 seconds before it exploded, said the police.
Authorities are continuing to investigate whether the incident was an act of terrorism, which came just hours after another US veteran killed at least 15 people when he drove a truck bearing an Islamic State flag onto Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
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The authorities are still there is working on determining the motive.
“We haven’t forgotten that it’s in front of the Trump building, that it’s a Tesla vehicle, but at this point we don’t have any information that definitively tells us or suggests that it was because of this particular ideology,” said Spencer Evans, the FBI’s lead agent in Las Vegas.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
