Investigators identify suspect behind Cybertruck that exploded at Trump hotel using tattoo

The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas He was identified Wednesday through photographs of charging stations, passport, driver’s license and a tattoo on his arm, according to law enforcement officials.

Police identified the person of interest as Matthew Livelsberger, 37, an active-duty U.S. Army special operations soldier from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

las vegas sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a news conference Thursday that while there is substantial evidence to suggest Livelsberger was actually the person who was in the truck when it exploded, the body is burned beyond recognition and does not yet have confirmation through DNA or of medical records. which is actually him.

Still, the investigation that has been underway since the truck exploded outside the Trump hotel around 8:40 a.m., killing Livelsberger and injuring seven other people, has uncovered several pieces of evidence.

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Investigators discovered a military identification card, a passport, a .50 caliber Desert Eagle semi-automatic pistol and another semi-automatic weapon.

McMahill said many of the weapons discovered were burned beyond recognition.

Investigators also found an iPhone, a smart watch and several credit cards with the subject’s name on them.

While the subject’s body was burned beyond recognition, McMahill also said that the individual suffered a gunshot wound to the head before it was detonated, and one of the guns was found at his feet inside the vehicle.

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McMahill said the subject had a tattoo on his arm, parts of which could be seen on the charred body.

“That has given us a lot of confidence that this is, in fact, the same person,” McMahill said, noting that the credit cards, military ID and passport helped reach that determination.

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Livelsberger’s movements after renting the Cybertruck through the Turo app were tracked through photographs, which showed that he was the individual driving the vehicle.

McMahill confirmed that at this point, investigators have only seen Livelsberger inside the truck and do not know of any other people involved in this case.

However, as for the movement, the sheriff said Livelsberger rented the truck on Dec. 28 and passed through several loading stations, including Monument, Colorado; Trinidad, Colorado; Las Vegas, New Mexico; Gallup, New Mexico; Flagpole, Arizona; and Kingman, Arizona.

Livelsberger’s last load was in Kingman shortly after 5:30 a.m., and the truck was first seen in Las Vegas shortly before 7:30 a.m.

McMahill showed video of the truck moving through Las Vegas, up and down the strip, arriving at the Trump hotel valet, leaving the hotel and then returning around 8:40 a.m. Seventeen seconds later, the truck exploded in the hotel valet area.

That same morning, a man rammed a truck sporting an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing more than a dozen people and injuring dozens more.

The truck driver, Shamsud Din Jabbar, also rented the vehicle with Turo.

McMahill said that both Livelsberger and Din Jabbar served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, although there is no record of them serving there at the same time.

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He also said both men served in Afghanistan in 2009, although there is no evidence they were in the same province of Afghanistan, in the same location or in the same unit.

Livelsberger was a Green Beret operations sergeant who spent most of his time at Fort Carson, Colorado, and in Germany. McMahill said Livelsberger was approved for leave from Germany, where he was serving in the special forces group. He also previously served in the National Guard and Army Reserve.