The New Year’s Day attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans have shocked the nation, leaving investigators scrambling to understand the connections, if any, between two U.S. Army veterans responsible for the carnage.
Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Army veteran, allegedly rented a Cybertruck in Colorado Springs, where he resides, before driving it to Nevada. Authorities report that he loaded the vehicle with firework mortars, gasoline cans, and other flammable materials.
On Wednesday morning, Livelsberger detonated the vehicle outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The explosion killed him instantly and injured seven others, leaving the scene in chaos as bystanders fled from the massive fireball and plume of smoke.
Both incidents share haunting parallels, from the perpetrators’ military backgrounds to their use of rented vehicles in acts of…
