Las Vegas police said Thursday that a person believed to be Green Beret Matthew Libersberger was shot in the head and a handgun was in the vehicle before the Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. announced. It was found at his feet.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said this information, obtained through the medical examiner's office, further complicates the identification of the body found inside the Cybertruck, and authorities believe the body is Libersberger. However, he said he could not yet say with 100% certainty.
Kenny Cooper, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said two semi-automatic handguns were recovered from the Tesla and were successfully tracked down. He said he did. The firearm was legally purchased by Livelsberger on December 30th.
McMahill also said: “I believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted as I was the only occupant of the vehicle and this occurred shortly before the vehicle was blown up.”
However, he was reluctant to call it a “suicide mission,'' saying he only called it “suicide by immediate subsequent explosion.''
Libersberger was a Green Beret and was stationed in Germany at the time, but was in Colorado Springs, home of the 10th Group Special Forces.
So far, authorities have not determined a motive.
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According to Colorado Springs GazetteMr. Libersberger's ex-girlfriend said she had texted Mr. Libersberger in the days before the bombing, but there was no indication that anything was wrong.
she said The newspaper said he was an honorable man who loved his country and was known as a conservative.
Cindy Helwig, a neighbor of Mr. Libersberger and his current wife, who lives in a townhome complex in northeast Colorado Springs, told the paper. official gazette, “He seemed like a normal person.”
“His wife is amazing too. I never expected that. I had no idea it was him,” she said.
