Retired U.S. Navy diving officer Robert Pizzini gives his take on the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion on ‘The Story.
’ Investigators have yet to determine what drove an active-duty U.S. Army soldier to rent a Tesla Cybertruck and drive it to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas , where he appeared to shoot himself in the head before the vehicle exploded on New Year’s Day.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger of Colorado Springs, Colorado as a person of interest in the matter, though he would not go as far as to say with 100% certainty that he is a suspect until DNA matches the remains of a body that was in the Cybertruck with Livelsberger. At about 8:40 a.m.
, the truck was seen pulling up to the valet entrance of the hotel before stopping. Seventeen seconds later, the vehicle blew up and fireworks could be heard shooting from the bulletproof truck. Along with fireworks, McMahill said the truck contained camping fuel and gasoline.
The explosion did not damage the body of the truck, other than to the glass and bed cover, the sheriff noted. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS FBI INVESTIGATES ACT OF TERRORISM AFTER BOURBON STREET ATTACK Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
, on Jan. 2025. (Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS) He also said the glass doors to the hotel were not damaged, though seven bystanders sustained minor injuries.
While the subject’s body .
