"At 8:39 a.m., it exploded. A fireball rocketed upward from its bed, a force so powerful that the 6,800-pound vehicle's tires jumped off the ground."
"Ryan Martinez, a jeweler, was driving to work when it happened. He dialed 911 from across the street as his black BMW was pelted with bits of metal."
"Someone just attacked Trump Tower with a monster amount of fireworks. Oh, my God, my heart is beating. ... It's an attack for sure."
"In the following hours and days, investigators learned that Livelsberger was a decorated active-duty Green Beret, part of the U.S. Army's Special Forces."
On January 1, 2025, Matthew Livelsberger drove a Tesla Cybertruck filled with fireworks to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. After dousing the contents with fuel, he detonated the vehicle, causing a massive explosion that injured six people. Livelsberger, a decorated Green Beret, was found dead in the driver's seat from a gunshot wound. Witnesses described the event as an attack, with one jeweler reporting the incident to 911 amid the chaos.
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