Authorities on Friday found firework mortars and camp fuel canisters stuffed in the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Donald Trump 's Las Vegas hotel. One person died while seven others were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded sparking an intense investigation as a possible act of terrorism. What we know so far Links with New Orleans attack Police department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said authorities know who rented the truck with the Turo app in Colorado, but are not releasing the name until investigators determine if it is the same person who died.
"Our number one goal is to ensure that we have the proper identification of the subject involved in this incident,” said Jeremy Schwartz, acting special agent in charge for the FBI’s Las Vegas office. "Following that, our second objective is to determine whether this was an act of terrorism or not," he added 'Explosion unrelated to vehicle,' says Musk Tesla founder Elon Musk said that the explosion was unrelated to the vehicle itself and said that the vehicle's telemetry was positive at the time of explosion. Taking to X, Musk said, "We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.
" "All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion," he added. Musk said in an earlier post on the platform that his entire senior term was investigating the explosion, addin.
