The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday was identified by a photo of him at a charging station, his passport, driver's license and a tattoo on his arm, police officials said.
Police have identified the person of interest as active duty U.S. Army special operations soldier Matthew Leiblesberger, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a press conference Thursday that although there is substantial evidence to suggest that Libersberger was actually the person in the truck at the time of the explosion, his body was burned beyond recognition. He said that there has been no confirmation through DNA testing or forensic testing. Through medical records, we found out that it was actually him.
Still, the investigation that has been underway since the truck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel around 8:40 a.m., killing Libersberger and injuring seven others, has uncovered a wealth of evidence.
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Matthew Livelesberger in photos. (Fox News)
Investigators found military identification, a passport, a Desert Eagle .50 caliber semi-automatic handgun, and another semi-automatic rifle.
McMahill said many of the guns found were burnt beyond recognition.
Investigators are looking into the contents of a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press conference)
Investigators also found an iPhone, a smartwatch, and several credit cards with the subject's name on them.
Although the subject's body was charred beyond recognition, McMahill also said the subject suffered a gunshot wound to the head before the explosion, and a handgun was found near his feet in the car.
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Las Vegas police have identified Matthew Libersberger as a person of interest based on ID cards and arm tattoos found in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press conference)
McMahill said the subject had tattoos on his arms, some of which were visible on his charred body.
“This gives us great confidence that this is in fact the same person,” McMahill said, noting that the credit card, military ID and passport helped make that determination.
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A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released a video showing the moment a charred gasoline can and fireworks mortar exploded on the bed of a truck that was on fire. Authorities believe fireworks, a gas tank and camping fuel were connected to an explosion system controlled by the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Las Vegas hotel Wednesday morning. (EyePress News/Shutterstock)
After renting the Cybertruck through the Turo app, Livelsberger's movements were tracked using photos, which showed he was the individual driving the vehicle.
McMahill acknowledged that so far investigators only saw Reiblesberger in the truck and did not know if there were other people involved in the incident.
Investigators are looking into the contents of a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press conference)
But when it came to transportation, the sheriff said Libersberger rented a truck on Dec. 28 and drove through several charging stations, including one in Monument, Colorado. Trinidad, Colorado. Las Vegas, New Mexico. Gallup, New Mexico. Flagstaff, Arizona. and Kingman, Arizona.
Libersberger's final hit took place in Kingman just after 5:30 a.m., and the truck was first spotted in Las Vegas just before 7:30 a.m.
Las Vegas police shared the route a Tesla Cybertruck took from Denver to Las Vegas before exploding in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press conference)
McMahill showed video of the truck traveling all over Las Vegas, driving up and down the Strip, pulling into a Trump Hotel attendant, leaving the hotel and returning around 8:40 a.m. Seventeen seconds later, the truck exploded in the hotel's valet area. Hotel.
The same morning, a man drove a truck displaying an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing more than a dozen people and injuring dozens more.
Truck driver Shamsud Din Jabbar also used Turo to rent a vehicle.
McMahill said Libersberger and Din Jabbar served at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but there is no record of them serving there at the same time.
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He also said that both men served in Afghanistan in 2009, but there was no evidence they were in the same province, same location or same unit in Afghanistan.
Libersberger was a Green Beret operations sergeant who spent most of his time at Fort Carson, Colorado, and in Germany. McMahill said Libersberger was approved for leave from Germany, where he served in special forces. He also previously served in the National Guard and Army Reserve.
