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Late Wednesday night, a local NBC News station in Colorado announced that the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas was from Colorado Springs.
Below is an excerpt from a report by KOAA.com: Sources confirmed to News5 Wednesday evening the driver of the Cybertruck in the Las Vegas explosion lived in Colorado Springs.
According to senior law enforcement sources, 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger was the driver and had several Colorado Springs addresses associated to him.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is at a townhouse complex, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD).
The complex is located on the east side of Colorado Springs in the Stetson Hills neighborhood. The FBI is at one of the addresses associated with Livelsberger.
Livelsberger reportedly rented the Cybertruck and left Colorado Springs on Monday, Dec. 30. He arrived in Las Vegas Wednesday morning, then drove to the Trump International Hotel, parked the truck and blew it up near the front door.
Livelsberger was killed in the explosion. During a press conference in Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon, officials showed video footage of the back of the charred Cybertruck, and revealed that the bed of the truck was loaded with gasoline and other fuel canisters, along with “large firework mortars,” turning the vehicle into one huge bomb on wheels.
Livelsberger reportedly rented the Cybertruck from the car rental company Turo. The pickup truck used in a deadly New Orleans terror attack the same day was also rented from Turo.
Independent journalist Kyle Becker posted a screenshot of a now-deleted LinkedIn profile which shows Livelsberger as serving in the U.S. Army for the past 19 years. Becker wrote:
Authorities have identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, a resident with ties to multiple addresses in Colorado Springs, as the driver of the Cybertruck involved in the Las Vegas explosion.
FBI agents, alongside the Colorado Springs Police Department, are actively investigating a townhouse complex in the Stetson Hills neighborhood, one of the locations linked to Livelsberger, per KOAA News5.
The suspect appears to be an intelligence manager and Green Beret veteran.
The LinkedIn profile would place Livelsberger as an Army enlistee at age 18. The veteran would have been close to retirement age. News5 reports that Livelsberger lived in Colorado Springs.
The LinkedIn profile would place Livelsberger as an Army enlistee at age 18. The veteran would have been close to retirement age. News5 reports that Livelsberger lived in Colorado Springs.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 2, 2025
So far this is Unverified, but a LinkedIn Profile has been discovered for a Matthew Livelsberger, who is believed to be the Suspect that was killed in today’s Cybertruck Bombing outside of Trump Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The Profile states he is from the Greater Colorado… pic.twitter.com/w60JB94yzy
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 2, 2025
Matthew Livelsberger, 37, identified as the driver of the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas, is listed on LinkedIn as an Operations Director and Intelligence Manager with Special Forces experience. pic.twitter.com/qPmy2Hqs7X
— Raw Reporting (@Raw_Reporting) January 2, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: Law enforcement sources have CONFIRMED Matt Livelsberger, 37, of Colorado Springs, was the Trump Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber, per NewsNation
Livelsberger, who kiIIed himself in the blast, was still an ACTIVE DUTY Green Beret operations sergeant who was on leave from… pic.twitter.com/gRD490xSeb
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 2, 2025
A KOAA reporter was on the scene Wednesday night, as the FBI was raiding a residence associated with Livelsberger on the east side of Colorado Springs:
Right now: The FBI is on the scene investigating at a townhouse complex in Colorado Springs. Tap for the latest. https://t.co/em3fkZureo
— KOAA News5 (@KOAA) January 2, 2025
BREAKING UPDATE: ABC News has confirmed that the person who rented the Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside Trump Hotel this morning may have come from Colorado Springs.
— KRDO13 (@KRDO_13) January 2, 2025
BREAKING: Las Vegas police release video of bomb materials in Cybertruck explosion
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