Cybertruck bombing suspect Matthew Livelsberger could have inflicted serious damage on Donald Trump 's Las Vegas Hotel if he had "seriously wanted to hurt others," his uncle has said. Dean Livelsberger told the Independent that his nephew was "very patriotic, "loved Trump," and was a "supersoldier" who could have "fashioned a bomb that would have half obliterated that hotel." Newsweek contacted the FBI and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for comment on Friday via email outside of regular office hours.
Why It Matters Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Special Forces soldier, was behind the Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, local Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Thursday. Livelsberger was the only fatality and had suffered a gunshot wound to the head before the bomb was ignited. The Sheriff said the body itself was burned "almost beyond recognition" and authorities still don't have a "100 percent" confirmation that it is Livelsberger.
Seven people suffered minor injuries. What To Know Just hours before the Las Vegas explosion, 15 people were killed in a New Orleans ramming attack carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an army veteran who had pledged support for the Islamic State group. Authorities are continuing to investigate whether there was any connection between the New Orleans attack and Las Vegas explosion, though on Thursday the FBI said they had found "no definitive link" between the two incidents.
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