The uncle of an Army Special Forces officer who killed himself in a Cybertruck explosion outside of the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel opened a new can of worms on Thursday, offering an explanation for why his nephew might have detonated the bomb.
The Independent spoke with Dean Livelsberger, uncle of 38-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, a Green Beret who was recently promoted and appeared to have a bright future ahead of him before he was found dead inside the charred remains of a rented vehicle on New Year’s Day.
The recognizable Cybertruck was filled with gasoline tanks, camping fuel, and fireworks mortars though contained most of the blast, according to FBI investigators who questioned why an elite soldier would use that vehicle if he intended to inflict mass destruction. According to Dean Livelsberger, his nephew was distressed and only intended to make a political statement through his suicide.
The young man “could have fashioned a bomb that would have obliterated half of that hotel if he seriously wanted to hurt others. Think of Oklahoma City… [ex-Army soldier Timothy] McVeigh was just a normal soldier. Not a Tier 1 operator like Matt,” Dean Livelberger explained, referencing the 1995 bomber who killed