Sources: Person behind explosion at Trump hotel in Las Vegas sent suicide note

Noble Brigham, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Jan 3, 2025

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LAS VEGAS — Before he caused the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, Matthew Livelsberger sent a suicide note that is now in possession of a former Navy SEAL and CIA contractor who has a podcast about the problems encountered by military personnel, according to two law enforcement sources.

The note, which is still in podcaster Shawn Ryan’s possession, has not been released but the FBI is working with him to determine the contents.

Police said Thursday that the driver of the truck was officially identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Livelsberger, 37, who shot himself in the head seconds before the explosion.

Seven people suffered minor injuries in the explosion. Police have said the motive is not clear.

Spencer Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division, said Thursday that determining the motive “remains our No. 1 priority.”

“We know we have a bombing, absolutely, and it’s a bombing that certainly has factors that raise concern,” he said. “It’s not lost on us that it’s in front of the Trump building, that it’s a Tesla vehicle. But we don’t have information at this point that definitively tells us or suggests it was because of this particular ideology or any of the reasoning behind it.”

McMahill previously said Livelsberger was a military operations sergeant who served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret.

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