Authorities are sharing updates Thursday afternoon on their investigation into the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded exterior of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, killing one individual.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is addressing the probe at a briefing. A livestream of the briefing is accessible to observe utilizing the participant above.
The explosion early Wednesday morning is being investigated as a doable act of terrorism, in accordance with legislation enforcement, however investigators don’t imagine there are any lingering threats to the neighborhood, FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz mentioned at a information convention later that night. McMahill beforehand known as the explosion “an remoted incident” and mentioned there was no indication it was linked to ISIS, because the blast got here simply hours after a person deliberately drove a pickup truck flying a black ISIS flag right into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
One individual died contained in the car that went up in flames in Las Vegas, and 7 individuals suffered minor accidents, McMahill mentioned. Law enforcement sources informed CBS News that Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old lively obligation intelligence sergeant within the U.S. Army Special Forces, had rented the Cybertruck.
But officers in Nevada have been nonetheless ready on dental information and outcomes of DNA testing to confirm the identification of the individual driving the truck on the time of the explosion.
“We do know who rented the truck. We are taking a look at that particular person,” mentioned McMahill on Wednesday, as authorities declined to launch the individual’s identify earlier than confirming the identification.
Law enforcement sources mentioned Livelsberger was stationed in Germany however on depart in Colorado when the blast occurred. Two of Livelsberger’s kin informed CBS News they have been unaware of his involvement within the incident however confirmed he had rented a Cybertruck. One relative mentioned his spouse had not heard from him in a number of days.
Federal brokers probing the explosion have been at Livelsberger’s townhome in Colorado Springs since Wednesday evening, CBS Colorado reported. No one has been evacuated throughout the investigation there.
The 2024 Cybertruck was rented in Colorado, McMahill mentioned. It pulled as much as the glass entrance of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas about 15 seconds earlier than exploding, in accordance with the Las Vegas sheriff. He informed reporters that gasoline canisters, camp gasoline canisters and enormous firework mortars have been found at the back of the truck, though it was unclear precisely how the explosives have been ignited.
