FBI, Police Seek Motive in Las Vegas Cybertruck Blast

FBI and police are searching for a motive as to why a decorated U.S. Army Green Beret blew himself up in a Tesla Cybertruck on New Year’s Day outside of President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas.

Although the body found inside the Cybertruck was “burnt beyond recognition” and investigators are still waiting on DNA or medical records to positively identify the man, Las Vegas police and FBI investigators reportedly said all evidence points to the person being Matthew Livelsberger, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

FBI agents searched Livelsberger’s home in northeast Colorado Springs on Thursday, The Denver Post reported, as they began to piece together his movements and dig for a motive — which they have yet to find.

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