Police identify driver of exploded Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck as US soldier
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, in which 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove his pickup truck into a crowd, killing 15 people.
Police had previously told a press conference they believed the person found inside the Tesla truck was Livelsberger but, because the body was burned beyond recognition, investigators were waiting for DNA confirmation.
Authorities found two semi-automatic handguns when inspecting the charred vehicle, as well as military identification, a passport, an iPhone, and credit cards.
Livelsberger was assigned to the Army Special Operations Command and was on approved leave at the time of his death, a US Army official said.
The spokesperson added that Livelsberger enlisted from 2006 until 2011, served in the National Guard and the Army Reserve, and joined special forces by 2012.
Livelsberger had been awarded a Bronze Star for valour and an Army commendation for valour, along with a Combat Infantryman Badge, a US official told Reuters. He also completed five combat deployments to Afghanistan, the official said.
A passport belonging to Matthew Livelsberger was found inside a Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, authorities say.
Source: AAP / AP/Las Vegas Police Department
A close relative of Livelsberger, who asked that his name not be used for privacy reasons, told Reuters that Livelsberger had been a long-time supporter of Trump and that he had dreamed of being a soldier in the US Special Forces "even as a little kid".
The man added that Livelsberger — who went to high school in northern Ohio, where he played baseball and football and appeared to be happy — had given his family no inkling that he was capable of something like the Las Vegas Bombing.
Videos of the incident showed the Cybertruck — a distinctive electric vehicle with an angular design — burst into flames in front of the hotel around 8:40am local time on Wednesday.
Tesla chief Elon Musk —
a key backer of Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign and an adviser to the incoming president
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