Matthew Livelsberger, 37, has since become the center of controversy following his suicide inside a Tesla Cybertruck. All of the fireworks stored in his vehicle detonated outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, and just minutes before, the Army soldier shot himself in the head.
The explosion caused seven minor injuries, but no one was killed. The hotel was also left relatively unscathed. Following the incident, it was revealed that Livelsberger had to make eight stops to charge his truck. The news has since elicited a variety of reactions, including one user’s comment:
“The Cybertruck bomber had to stop 8 times to charge his truck. No wonder he killed himself.”
“I wonder if he went to Las Vegas, NM then realized he was in the wrong place,” one user posited.
“This route is much longer than I-70, which is almost 300mi shorter than I-40. 8 stops results in the quickest arrival time along this ~15hr, 1,000-mile drive, but it can be done with 4-5 stops with Cybertruck. That’s one stop every 250mi, or nearly 4 hours of driving,” another calculated.
“And he actually charged it in Vegas before blowing it up! Only 2 more miles to the hotel, but the truck was outta’ juice,” someone else stated.
“That doesn’t make sense. He should not have had to recharge that many times. I don’t know which person of the cyber truck this was, but the dual motor version gets 340 miles per charge. It is 750 miles roughly from Denver to Las Vegas. 3 times is more than enough. So why so many stops. So something else is going on here,” one more theorized.
On the face of it, scores online were teeming with opinions:
“If this map is correct then my explanation is that he had little knowledge of cybertruck and placed it to charge it in all places where he possibly overnighted or took the rest based on his not car needs,” one X user claimed.
“I wonder if he was scared to tackle that 106-mile stretch along I-70 in Utah where there are no services in and Elon truck. I don’t know that I’d want to go that way in one of those things,” another opined.
“I assumed he died of embarrassment before the fire got him,” a third user jested.
“He was just going to Vegas to have a good time but the mere frustration with the inadequacies of the Tesla overcame him,” one more suggested.
The internet was rife with speculation, with one user after another adding their own theories and speculations.
What we know about the Cybertruck bomber so far
According to Reuters, while the identity of the assailant was revealed on Thursday, the FBI is still unsure whether the blast was a terrorist attack.
They revealed that there is currently no identifiable link between the Cybertruck explosion and the terrorist attack on New Year’s Day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
According to a post on X by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Cybertruck bomber acted alone and took a gunshot to the mouth. Furthermore, according to CBS News, Livelsberger rented the Cybertruck in Denver and was the sole occupant when it caught fire.
According to the outlet, Sheriff Kevin McMahill stated that Livelsberger’s “body is burnt beyond recognition,” adding that his military ID, passport, and credit cards were discovered inside the car, along with multiple firearms.
“Further complicating this identification of this individual, we also discovered through the coroner’s office that the individual had sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to the detonation of the vehicle,” the sheriff continued.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing, but officials do not believe the community faces any additional threats.
