US security forces continue to investigate the soldier’s belongings and, for the moment, are ruling out the hypothesis that he chose Trump’s hotel out of animosity towards the President-elect.
The United States Federal Investigation Agency (FBI) considers that Matthew Livelsberger, the soldier who blew up a truck outside Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, suffered from post-traumatic combat stress disorder.
According to the FBI, the evidence points to an act of suicide prior to the detonation.
Livelsberger, 37 years old and an active member of the US Army Special Forces, shot himself in the head moments before the fireworks and gas cylinders he was carrying in the vehicle, a rented Tesla Cybertruck, exploded.
The explosion injured seven people.
The soldier left a note, in which he declared what he was going to do as “a wake-up call to all comrades, veterans and Americans” and denounced the power elites as a group of “weak and irresponsible people who only seek to get rich.” .
“North Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my message across than with a fireworks and explosives show? Why do I do this now? Because I need to clear my mind of the brothers I lost and free myself from the burden of the lives I took”, lamented the soldier.
“Although this incident was more public and sensationalized than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a highly decorated combat veteran who was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and other problems,” explained FBI Special Agent Spencer Evans last night at a press conference.
US security forces continue to investigate the soldier’s belongings and, for the moment, are ruling out the hypothesis that he chose Trump’s hotel out of animosity towards the President-elect.
Livelsberger had served in the Army since 2006 and had a long career of missions abroad, with two deployments in Afghanistan and missions in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He had recently returned from a mission abroad, in Germany, and was on sick leave when he died, reported the North American public network PBS.
He received five bronze stars, including one for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Recognition Medal for valor.
