He served in the Army Special Forces. This was announced on Thursday by the police and military.
37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger was a sergeant in the special forces reconnaissance. Investigators found several parallels between his biography and that of retired military Shamsuddin Jabbar, who killed 14 people in New Orleans on New Year's Eve, but there is no information that Livelsberger and Jabbar knew each other.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters on Thursday that a military ID and passport of Livelsberger, as well as several credit cards in his name, two pistols, an iPhone, and a watch were found in the burned pickup.
A Tesla Cybertruck loaded with fuel and fireworks exploded at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. The driver was killed.
The sheriff said that further DNA analysis is needed for final official identification, as Livelsberger's body was burned beyond recognition. However, two tattoos are identifiable on the remains — the same ones that belonged to Sergeant Livelsberger.
The local coroner announced on Thursday that Livelsberger committed suicide. The investigation believes he took his own life seconds before the explosion.
"I can confidently call it suicide, immediately after which the bomb was detonated," Sheriff McMahill said at a press conference.
A Pentagon representative confirmed that Livelsberger was a special forces soldier and clarified that he was on leave.
The FBI stated that the motives of the suspect in the explosion are currently unknown. He rented the Cybertruck in Denver, in his home state of Colorado, a thousand kilometers straight from Las Vegas.
As a result of the explosion of the pickup loaded with fuel cans and fireworks, there were no fatalities — seven people suffered injuries, albeit minor. The investigation believes this happened partly because the Cybertruck's body directed the shockwave and flames upward.
Immediately after the mass shooting in New Orleans and the explosion in Las Vegas, police and the FBI spoke only about one detail connecting Jabbar and Livelsberger: they both rented pickups through the Turo company website. Now investigators have found several more parallels.
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They both served at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) in North Carolina. At the same time, there is no data that they were there at the same time or served in the same unit.
Fort Liberty is a giant military base, where more than 50 thousand people serve.
Additionally, Jabbar and Livelsberger were in Afghanistan in 2009. But again, there is no information that they met there.
The FBI currently suggests that the incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas are not connected and that Jabbar acted alone. This was stated on Thursday at a press conference by FBI leadership member Christopher Wray.
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