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The Tesla driver who spotted the cyber truck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas reportedly recently broke up with his wife. Police are investigating whether the motive was personal or political.
Matthew Lewellberger (L) / his wife (R) (Photos: Facebook)
Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Levelsberger, who spotted a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, broke up with his wife six days before killing himself inside the car. The New York Post cited law enforcement sources as saying that the two have a daughter together and that Levelsberger’s wife reportedly told him she knew he was cheating on her.
According to the report, Levelsberger left his Colorado Springs home the day after Christmas after an argument with his wife over an apparent infidelity.
After leaving Colorado, Levelsberger rented a cyber truck through the Toro app and drove to Vegas, where he parked in front of a Trump hotel on New Year’s Day, detonated the truck with hidden explosives, and killed himself. I shot, the report quoted Lass as saying. Vegas police say.
With new revelations in the case, investigators are now investigating whether Levelsberger’s motive was purely personal rather than political as previously believed given the location of the explosion and choice of vehicle.
FBI findings in this case
Although the FBI said it was not yet clear whether the blast was an act of terrorism, it said it was still connected to the New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people on New Year’s Day and the Las Vegas cyber truck attack. No definite link was found between the explosion. On the same day, seven people suffered minor injuries.
According to a post on X by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, citing the Clark County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s report, police said Levelsburger killed himself with a gunshot wound to the face.
Levelsburger was inside the vehicle when gasoline canisters and large firecracker mortars exploded in the bed of the truck, police said.
Police previously said at a press conference that they believed the man found in the truck was Levelsburger, but because the body had been burned, investigators were awaiting confirmation from DNA evidence and medical records.
Sheriff Kevin McMahal of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told reporters that Levelsburger shot himself before detonating the explosives in the car. A handgun was found at his feet.
It was one of two semi-automatic handguns found in the cyber truck, both legally purchased by Levelsburger on December 30. Law enforcement also found a military ID, a passport, an iPhone and credit cards in the truck.
