Instant Reaction: Cybertruck Blast Suspect Identified
Bloomberg Surveillance
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🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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The suspect who died in a Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel on Wednesday was identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, according to people familiar with the matter. Hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenvoec discuss the latest following a press conference with Clark County sheriff Kevin McMahill with Bloomberg News National Security Team Leader Nick Wadhams and Bloomberg News Auto Reporter Keith Naughton for reaction and analysis.
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| 0:07.1 | I'm Matt Levine. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Katie Greifeld. |
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| 0:32.3 | Bloomberg Audio Studios. Podcasts, Radio News. The Metropolitan Police Department of Vegas holding that press |
| 0:41.0 | conference FBI agent responsible for that division, that area, the Vegas sheriff also, |
| 0:47.2 | basically, of course, covering what happened when a Tesla cyber truck exploded outside the Trump |
| 0:52.5 | Las Vegas Hotel. That was hours after a deadly attack in New Orleans, French Quarter on New Year's Eve. |
| 0:57.5 | That killed at least 15 people, injured dozens. |
| 0:59.8 | The cyber truck explosion killing the driver and injuring seven others. |
| 1:04.0 | But Tim, now we know the driver were getting more information about what happened leading right up to that explosion. |
| 1:09.3 | Yeah, the Las Vegas police have identified Matthew Livelylisberger as the suspect, but they still need to get DNA to identify the |
| 1:15.9 | suspect. The suspect did have a gunshot wound to the head before blast. The sheriff did note |
| 1:21.1 | that he believed it was self-inflicted, but that has yet to be confirmed. The Las Vegas police, |
| 1:26.0 | Carol, also not aware of any other subjects in this case. |
| 1:28.8 | I think what's also key, as these two incidents happen so close to one another, |
| 1:32.0 | in terms of timing that connections, not ready to rule in, not ready to roll out, |
| 1:36.1 | is what we heard from that press conference. |
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