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The motivation at this point is unknown,
FBI Special Agent Spencer Evans saidIt’s not lost on us that it happened in front of the Trump building and a Tesla vehicle was used,
said Spencer Evans, the FBI special agent in charge, on ThursdayI just don't think it was done as well as he was expecting it to be done,
McMahill saidMy account will be active but it will not be me behind the wheel. What we are about to release is mind boggling and will raise a lot of questions."
Ryan saidAlthough this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD and other issues,
Spencer Evans, the FBI special agent in charge, explained at a news conferenceThis was not a terrorist attack, it was a wakeup call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives,
Livelsberger wrote in a letter found by authorities, who released excerpts from it on FridayHe used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook, he was 100% loving the country,
he told the IndependentThe level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience,
said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesI wonder if he went to Las Vegas, NM then realized he was in the wrong place,
one X user postedThey seem like good people, ... They're a normal young couple with a family. They always have their windows open; they're in and out with their dog. Doesn't seem [like] they're hiding anything."
Mac saidI rented a Tesla Cybertruck. It’s the s***,
he wrote to former girlfriend Alicia Arritt on 29 December from DenverShe [Sara] was trying to get healthy and he would mock her,
Wilssens saidWe're very well aware of a podcast that is going around today and the contents of the letter in that podcast.... We've been aware of that document for a while now, and we still have not completely gone all the way through that and verified that entirely."
Sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a press conference FridayWhen I started reading this, my initial take was, OK, this is off the deep end,
Shoemate told RyanMatt wasn't estranged from the family at all. Everyone thought the world of Matt."
He concludedI'm comfortable calling it a suicide with a bombing that occurred immediately after,
Sheriff McMahill said during Thursday's press conferenceAfter the [Cybertruck] explosion at the Trump Tower this morning, law enforcement has confirmed that there is no active threat to the community at this time and this appears an isolated incident."
Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, on X, formerly TwitterSo ... he says, 'I am armed and I have a massive VBIED. I've been trying to maintain a very visible profile and have kept my phone and they are definitely digitally tracking me,
Shoemate said, reading from the emailWhat we have been seeing with 'drones' is the operational use of gravitic propulsion systems powered aircraft by, most recently, China in the East Coast, but throughout history, the U.S. Only we and China have this capability,
the alleged email readsHe loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American,
the uncle told the news websiteHe [Livelsberger] would go through periods of withdrawal, and he struggled with depression and memory loss."
Alicia Arritt, former girlfriend of Livelsberger, told the Associated PressYou need to elevate this to the media so we avoid a world war because this is a mutually assured destruction situation,
Livelsberger allegedly wrote toward the end of the email to ShoemateWe don't believe there's any further threat from this subject or anybody associated to him here in Las Vegas,
he saidThey basically have an unlimited payload capacity and can park it over the [White House] if they wanted,
the alleged email from Livelsberger reads, according to a Ryan post on X (formerly Twitter).Think of Oklahoma City. McVeigh was just a normal soldier. Not a Tier 1 operator like Matt."
The uncle continuedHe wanted to get more help,
Arritt told the Post in her interviewObviously we're concerned in these sort of events to ascertain what the motive was. We understand that's at the forefront of everyone's thoughts, so we're looking into exactly what the motivation is remains our number one priority."
Spencer Evans, FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas office, saidCybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards,
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweetedImagine his embarrassment when he ended up in the wrong Las Vegas first,
wrote anotherWe are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves,
he wrote, according to the police, who are still examining his devicesAll vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the
Musk wroteIn layman's terms, a car bomb,
Shoemate said, which was "what we saw" in Las Vegas, when the Cybertruck exploded in front of Trump International Hotel, killing the driver and injuring seven othersThis is a good neighborhood; you never have issues,
she addedBut we don't have information at this point that definitively tells us ... it was driven by any particular ideology
he said