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Driver of Cybertruck in Las Vegas explosion was a Special Forces soldier, Army confirms
- Las Vegas Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a press conference that authorities were confident that Livelsberger was the driver of the Cybertruck, but noted that Las Vegas police did “not have confirmation 100%” that the remains inside the truck belonged to Livelsberger because they were “burnt beyond recognition.” McMahill cited a military ID, passport, two semi-automatic handguns, iPhone, smartwatch and credit cards belonging to Livelsberger that were found in the truck.
Officials also identified two tattoos on the remains that were similar to those on Livelsberger’s arm and stomach.
Not a ‘sophisticated’ bomb
Officials found mortar-style fireworks, gasoline cans and civilian-style explosive shooting targets in the back of the truck, an official with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. Though dangerous, those items did not appear to be well-conceived building blocks of a large-scale bomb.
“The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience — that most of the materials inside that Tesla were to help fuel a greater explosion,” said Kenneth Cooper, assistant special agent in charge for ATF’s San Francisco division.
- “But it’s too early to answer any questions as if there was sophisticated connectivity to those components to make it ignite in the way that it did.”
The Las Vegas explosion was the second episodes of deadly and so far unexplained violence on U.S. soil in the early hours of Jan. 1. Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a former active duty and Reservist soldier, drove a rented pick-up truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana just after 3 a.m., killing at least 15.
Just hours later, Las Vegas police received a report that a Tesla Cybertruck was “fully engulfed in flames,” in the valet area in front of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas located just off the Las Vegas Strip.
But at Thursday’s press conference, McMahill pushed back on misinformation about the explosion — some at least partially endorsed by Elon Musk — and connections between the two incidents. McMahill said both soldiers had spent time at Fort Liberty, North Carolina — which was then Fort Bragg — during their career but that there was no indication the two soldiers ever met, served in the same unit or at the same time at the North Carolina base, which is the Army’s largest by population. McMahill also said that although both served in Afghanistan, there was also no evidence they crossed paths while deployed.
“We’re very well aware of all of the things that are going around on social media, but that’s just the way we’re going to conduct this investigation,” said McMahill. “I’m also confident to tell the Las Vegas community and this great nation that we don’t believe there’s any further threat from this subject, or anybody associated to him here in Las Vegas with that.”
Almost two decades in special operations
- He had taken over the leadership position as an operations sergeant — known among Green Berets as a team sergeant — less than two years ago.
- Team sergeants are the senior enlisted leaders of a 12-man Special Forces team, responsible for the day-to-day business and combat-readiness of the team.
- He served in the active duty Army from January 2006 to March 2011.
- Livelsberger then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012.
Livelsberger returned to active duty in December 2012 with an assignment to the Army’s Special Operations Command, or USASOC, which oversees nearly all Special Forces units.
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