A highly decorated US Army Green Beret died in an explosion outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives caught fire.
US Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger was the man who police believe died in the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside of president-elect Donald Trump 's Las Vegas hotel. The man who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside president-elect Donald Trump 's Las Vegas hotel was a highly decorated US Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan, officials say.
The FBI has said there appeared to be no link between the explosion and the attack in New Orleans that also involved a different US Army veteran. On Thursday, surveillance cameras at a Tesla charging station showed the Cybertruck driving past the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas about an hour before the incident. About 17 seconds later, it caught fire and exploded. Matthew Livelsberger was a 37-year-old veteran from Colorado Springs, who had served in the army since 2006. He rose through the ranks through several deployments including twice to Afghanistan and serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, according to military officials. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valour device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with Valour. He had been serving with the 10th Special Forces Group but was on approved leave from Germany when he died.A close relative of Livelsberger, who did not want to be identified, said Livelsberger always wanted to be an 'Army soldier, in Special Forces, even as a little kid.' The relative also said that Livelsberger was a supporter of president-elect Donald Trump throughout the Republican's political career, seeing him as someone who loves the military. The man said that there was no inkling in the family that Livelsberger was planning something like the Las Vegas bombing. He said he could not reconcile what Livelsberger is believed to have done with the person he knew both as a child and ma
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