Investigators identified the driver of the vehicle, who was burned beyond recognition, as Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret.
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00:00The highly decorated army soldier inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that
00:07exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas shot himself in the head just
00:12before detonation, according to local authorities.
00:16The explosion caused minor injuries to seven people but virtually no damage to the hotel.
00:22Police said 37-year-old Matthew Livalsberger likely planned a more damaging attack but
00:27the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force.
00:32Authorities say they are still searching for motive but that it's not lost that the explosion
00:36happened outside of a Trump Hotel in a Tesla vehicle.
00:41Livalsberger served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter
00:45terrorism abroad.
00:48Authorities searched the house in Colorado as part of the investigation.
00:52Neighbors said the man who lived there had a wife and a baby and did not give any sign
00:56of posing a danger to anyone.