Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber’s manifesto categorised by officers

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The thriller surrounding the motive for the Tesla Cybertruck attack exterior the Trump Worldwide Resort in Las Vegas on New Yr’s Day solely deepened after the ultimate investigative report from native police supplied few new particulars.

The 78-page "after-action" report launched Monday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), confirmed that Matthew Livelsberger, who died by suicide earlier than the explosion, left a manifesto on his cellphone, which investigators recovered throughout forensic evaluation.

The Division of Battle declared the manifesto categorised, and the investigation was turned over to the federal authorities, the report mentioned.

The report, seen by Fox Information Digital, confirms that the Inexperienced Beret was on depart from his Particular Forces unit and had rented a Tesla Cybertruck by the car-sharing platform Turo.

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Military Particular Forces soldier Matthew Livelsberger detonated his automobile exterior Trump Worldwide Resort on New Yr's Day. (Los Vegas Metropolitan Police Division)

He stuffed it with fireworks, fuel cans and tenting gasoline, and drove it to the Trump Worldwide Resort simply after 8:40 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2025. There, the automobile detonated, inflicting harm and injuring six folks.

LVMPD and federal investigators described the incident as a premeditated vehicle-borne improvised explosive gadget (VBIED) assault "with the potential to trigger mass casualties and in depth structural harm" however didn't name it terrorism.

Investigators additionally reconstructed Livelsberger’s final days utilizing cellphone knowledge, financial institution data and surveillance footage.

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Matthew Livelsberger blew up a rented Cybertruck exterior the Trump Las Vegas resort. (Los Vegas Metropolitan Police Division)

Surveillance video confirmed Livelsberger pouring accelerant into the truck mattress moments earlier than detonation, an act LVMPD mentioned mirrored planning reasonably than impulse.

Counterterrorism investigators concluded he sought to make "a really massive, very public assertion," suggesting the Las Vegas location was chosen for visibility and influence.

He additionally left behind a notice claiming the assault was not terror-related, however a method for the soldier to "cleanse" his thoughts however criticized the " feckless leadership " of a U.S. that's "close to collapse," officers mentioned.

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Federal investigators described the incident as a premeditated vehicle-borne improvised explosive gadget (VBIED) assault however didn't name it terrorism. (Los Vegas Metropolitan Police Division)

"This was not a terrorist attack , it was a wake-up name," Livelsberger wrote within the notes app on his cellphone.

"People solely take note of spectacles and violence. What higher approach to get my level throughout than a stunt with fireworks and explosives," Livelsberger wrote.

One in all his messages was mentioned to have gone to Shawn Ryan, an ex-Navy SEAL and CIA contractor .

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Fox Information Digital has reached out to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division for remark.

Emma Bussey is a breaking information author for Fox Information Digital. Earlier than becoming a member of Fox, she labored at The Telegraph with the U.S. in a single day workforce, throughout desks together with overseas, politics, information, sport and tradition.