Suspect in Explosion Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel Identified as Special Forces Soldier

The suspect’s body has a gunshot wound to the head inflicted shortly before the explosion, which left seven others injured, according to police.

A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early on Jan. 1, 2025. Alcides Antunes via AP

Investigators have identified the individual who died inside a Tesla Cybertruck filled with explosives that exploded on Jan. 1 outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas as a highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces soldier.

Providing updates at a Jan. 2 press briefing, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill identified the deceased suspect as Matthew Livelsberger, whom he described as an Army Special Forces Green Beret who served as an operations sergeant attached to the 10th Special Forces Group.