The man who died in a Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a law enforcement source told NewsNation.
Seven people were injured in the explosion, which came hours after a man drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 15. Livelsberger drove the truck that exploded.
Authorities have been investigating any possible links between the two incidents, but have yet to determine a connection indicating they were coordinated.
“Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger enlisted as an 18X and served in the active duty Army from January 2006 to March 2011,” an Army spokesperson told The Hill.
“Livelsberger then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, followed by the Army Reserve from July 2012 to December 2012. He entered the active duty Army in December 2012 and was a U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier.”
The Army Special Operations Command is acting in full cooperation with federal and state law enforcement agencies, but will not comment on ongoing investigations, the spokesperson said.
The person involved in the truck attack, who was killed by police, has been identified as a former U.S. soldier named Shamsud-din Jabbar.
Both men are suspected of renting vehicles from an app called Turo.
