UPDATE: Authorities have reported that Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger suffered an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound to the head before his rented #Tesla #Cybertruck exploded outside of the #Trump hotel in #LasVegas, in what authorities continue to describe as an intentional act. @TheWarBlog
Additionally, the #UnitedStates #Army has confirmed that Livelsberger was on active duty and approved leave from Special Operations Command (USASOC) in #Germany at the time of the blast.
A motive still remains unknown, but authorities have stated that this was an isolated incident and there is no connection between this and the attack in #NewOrleans. The blast, however, is still being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.
Livelsberger was the only fatality and the blast lightly wounded seven others. Las Vegas Metropolitan #Police noted that “The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage that occurred inside of the valet, because it had most of the blast go up through the truck and out.”
Livelsberger enlisted as an 18X (Special Forces Candidate) in 2006 and served as a Green Beret in 10th SFG. Over the next two decades, he deployed to the Republic of #Congo in 2014, #Ukraine in 2016, #Tajikistan in 2016 and #Afghanistan in 2017, 2018 and 2019, having been awarded the Bronze Star with valor.
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