US soldier identified as dead in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion: Reports
Al Jazeera
Federal law enforcement searched a home in Colorado in connection to the explosion that injured seven on Wednesday.
Details have started to emerge about the man killed in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.
At a news conference on Thursday, Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that the coroner’s office suggested man died by suicide before the blast.
“The individual had sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to the detonation of the vehicle,” McMahill told reporters. He added that a handgun was found at the man’s feet.
Earlier in the day, news agencies including The Associated Press and AFP identified the man as an active-duty soldier named Matthew Livelsberger.
Citing unnamed military officials, the news outlets explained that Livelsberger was on leave from his post with the United States Army Special Operations Command.
