Investigators do not believe there's "any other danger to the community right now," FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz said at a news conference Wednesday evening.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the Cybertruck was rented to Matthew Alan Livelsberger, 37, an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces intelligence sergeant, who was serving in Germany but was on leave in Colorado at the time of the incident.
Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, on Jan. 1, 2025, in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Alcides Antunes via ReutersFederal agents have been at his townhome in Colorado Springs since Wednesday evening and said the activity is related to the explosion in Las Vegas, CBS Colorado reported. No one has been evacuated during the investigation there.
Law enforcement officials in Nevada are awaiting dental records and DNA test results to verify that the man driving the Cybertruck at the time of this incident was in fact the renter of the vehicle, Livelsberger.
Schwartz also noted, "We do not believe that there's a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping this."
Several videos posted on social media showed the blast and the Cybertruck engulfed in flames.
The sheriff said the Cybertruck arrived in Las Vegas at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and drove through the Strip before approaching the hotel.
An investigator inspects the remains of a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded and burned at the entrance of Trump Tower in Las Vegas, Jan. 1, 2025. Ronda Churchill / REUTERSThe explosion occurred hours after a deadly New Orleans attack, when a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people. The driver was killed in a shootout with police. The FBI said "weapons and a potential IED," or improvised explosive device, were found in his vehicle, which was flying an ISIS flag.
Authorities were looking into several odd similarities between the incidents in the two cities. In addition to their timing on New Year's Day, both incidents involved trucks rented from the carsharing app Turo. Both involved U.S.-born military servicemen who served in Afghanistan around the same timeframe. But two U.S. officials say the military has not yet found any overlap between them at either Fort Bragg or in Afghanistan. They both served there, these officials say, but not at the same time.
In a statement, a Turo spokesperson said: "We are actively partnering with law enforcement authorities as they investigate both incidents. We do not believe that either renter involved in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat."
Trump Tower stands behind yellow crime scene tape after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded and burned at the entrance of the building in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 1, 2025. Ronda Churchill / REUTERS"[O]bviously a Cybertruck, the Trump Hotel — there's lots of questions that we have to answer as we move forward with that," McMahill said.
In a post on X, Musk said "The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything. We've never seen anything like this."
Evacuation at Trump Las Vegas hotel
A county spokeswoman said in a statement that the fire in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas was reported at 8:40 a.m. Details about the incident were initially sketchy.
Eric Trump, one of the president-elect's sons, posted about the fire on X, saying that an "electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas."
Tesla introduced its steel-clad, futuristic-looking Cybertruck in 2023, with Musk at the time touting the vehicle's bullet-proof windows. The all-wheel Cybertruck ranges in price from about $80,000 to $100,000.
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