The explosion outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, sources said.

… Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the Cybertruck was rented to Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active duty U.S. Army servicemember who was serving in Germany but was on leave in Colorado at the time of the incident. CBS News spoke to two relatives of Livelsberger who were unaware of any involvement in the incident, but who confirmed he had rented a Cybertruck. One relative told CBS News that Livelsberger’s wife had not heard from him in several days.

McMahill said gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters and large firework mortars were found in the back of the vehicle after the explosion, which occurred about 15 seconds after the vehicle pulled in front of the building. It’s still unclear how the explosives were ignited, he said.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    211·
    3 months ago

    Possible lame act of terrorism. Although I do commend the driver for ridding the world of a Cybertruck.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      3 months ago

      Even if it was symbolic it feels weird.

      Kerosene and gas? Fireworks? Sounds more like a party in the desert. Also the gas can was an old metal gas can- there’s a reason you can’t really get those anymore. (Hint- they leak and blow up your truck.)

      No obvious mechanism and the timing? Sure he could have lit a fuse with a lighter, but, eh. Just as easily have been a faulty electrical system setting off a spark.

      Also Tesla/musk has good motive to want it to be intentional. (cybertrucks already have safety problems. And a lot of them have to do with bad wiring.)

      Trump has good reason to want to push this guy as a terrorist- namely the drama.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        92·
        3 months ago

        I said this in another thread- a gas can could have also been for a diesel generator, which people do bring with them when they camp and might do so even if they are also bringing along a Cybertruck. Who knows? If it was a terrorist attack, it was a shitty one so it’s not worth worrying about. If it wasn’t a terrorist attack, just some lone crazy, they did a bad job, so it’s not worth worrying about. Any other possibilities: still really not worth worrying about.

        But I’m sure that won’t stop the pundits from worrying about it.

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          3 months ago

          Good point on the generator thing.

          But yeah. At worst this was some kinda weird symbolic thing rather than a “try to kill as many people as I can” thing.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 months ago

        Even a pinhole of rust in a Jerry can will leak gas into the cabin, faster if shaken on the drive to the hotel. At that point any exposed arc, even just a simple loose ground, could cause the explosion.