Las Vegas Blast Driver Was Army Green Beret And Afghanistan Vet

In July, Matthew Alan Livelsberger was posting to Facebook photos of himself proudly posing with his newborn child. He was in the middle of a highly decorated career in the U.S. military.

- JOSHUA CHAFFIN AND SADIE GURMAN

Six months later, the 37-year-old was dead and named as the man whose Tesla Cybertruck exploded on Wednesday outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

After driving up and down Las Vegas Boulevard for an hour, Livelsberger pulled into the Trump hotel and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before the explosion, according to authorities, who found the newly bought handgun he used at his feet, along with a passport, military ID, credit cards and iPhone and smartwatch.

Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said Thursday that the body removed from the Cybertruck was “burnt beyond recognition.”

McMahill said investigators didn’t think there was any additional threat related to the explosion. They were, however, still examining whether Livelsberger had ties to any terrorist networks.

“I’m comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter,” McMahill said. “I’m not giving it any other labels.”