Colorado’s Connection to the the Las Vegas Cybertruck Explosion

The very first day of 2025 could end up being noted as the saddest day of the year, and Colorado will be noted as being a part of it.

First, there was the mass-casualty truck incident in New Orleans, and then a Tesla Cybertruck loaded with explosives blew up in Las Vegas outside the Trump International Hotel. Two very unsettling events within hours of each other, with a Colorado man involved.

What will the other 364 days of the year hold?

Cybertruck Explosion in Las Vegas Tied to Colorado Springs Man

According to Denver7, an active-duty Army soldier who lived in Colorado Springs has been identified as the 5river of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas on January 1, 2024, outside the Trump International Hotel.

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It will most likely takes weeks, if not months, to investigate exactly what happened and why it happened, as  Matthew Livelsberger rented a Cybertruck with the Turo app, loaded it with explosives and drove it from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas, and blew it, and himself, up.

Are the Las Vegas Bombing Driver and the New Orleans Driver Connected?

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the accused driver of the pickup that tore threw Bourbon Street in New Orleans killing 14 people, also rented his vehicle through Turo. I had not even heard of Turo until the incidents of January 1, 2025.

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Jabbar and Livelsberger, both having served in the Army, were reportedly stationed at the same base, Fort Bragg, but they do not state when the two were there at the same time.

Army bases are very large, it could be that though they were both at that base, they never actually knew each other. It just adds to the mystery of the tragic day.