5 January 2025

What Matthew Livelsberger's Social Media Reveals About Cybertruck Suspect

Marni Rose McFall

Anumber of posts on social media accounts purportedly linked to Tesla Cybertruck explosion suspect Matthew Livelsberger reveal details about his life.

Livelsberger has been named in reports as the suspect found dead inside an explosives-filled Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel on Wednesday, New Year's Day 2025.

Colorado Springs station KOAA and the New York Post have reported that Livelsberger, a 37-year-old former Army veteran, is the suspect, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.

Newsweek has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via email for comment.

One person died and seven more were injured after the explosion cause fire to erupt in the valet area outside the Trump International Hotel at Las Vegas Boulevard at around 8:40 a.m. local time, according to authorities. The dead person was said to have been behind the wheel of the vehicle that exploded.

Police have yet to determine what caused the incident and are investigating whether it was an act of terrorism.

There are three social media accounts in question: a LinkedIn account linked to Matt Livelsberger, a Facebook account linked to a Matt Berg, and a Facebook account linked to what appears to be a wife or girlfriend of Livelsberger, named Sara Livelsberger.

Newsweek has not been able to independently verify the veracity of these accounts.

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