Re: Walz E8 MSG... Army IDs man killed in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel
41 - 21 <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Jan 2025 03:14:50 +0100
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In <[email protected]> Leroy N. Soetoro wrote: > > https://www.npr.org/2025/01/02/g-s1-40854/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-las- > vegas > > https://images.foxtv.com/static.livenowfox.com/www.livenowfox.com/content/ > uploads/2025/01/932/524/matthew-livelsberger-las-vegas.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 > > The man killed in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion Wednesday outside the > Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was an active-duty Army soldier, > the Army said. > > Authorities identified the man as Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, > who enlisted as a U.S. Army special operations soldier. He served in the > active-duty Army from January 2006 to March 2011. He then joined the > National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, followed by the Army Reserve > from July 2012 to December 2012. Livelsberger entered the active-duty Army > in December 2012 and was a U.S. Army special operations soldier. > > U.S. Army Special Operations Command confirmed that Livelsberger was on > approved leave at the time of his death. > > On Wednesday Las Vegas police said that crews pulled gasoline canisters, > camp fuel canisters and large firework mortars from the back of the > Cybertruck. The explosion, which was caught on video, also injured seven > people. > > Police said the Cybertruck was rented in Colorado. Authorities were able > to trace the vehicle through Tesla charging stations to see that it > arrived in Las Vegas about an hour before the explosion. Authorities > called the incident "isolated." > > Law enforcement and intelligence officials were investigating any > potential connection between the explosion and the attack in New Orleans > in which a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people, killing 15 > people and injuring dozens. > > Jeremy Schwartz, acting special agent in charge of the FBI in Las Vegas, > said the agency was working closely with area law enforcement to learn > more about the explosion and who was behind it. The FBI's Joint Terrorism > Task Force was working to determine whether the explosion was an act of > terrorism. Army special operations in the Biden-Harris era means he serviced tampon machines in men's restrooms.