The stunned family of suspected Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger say the Army veteran was a ‘big Trump supporter’ who loved his time in the military.
It comes as more details are revealed about Livelsberger, a long-serving married Green Beret who was on leave from active duty when he carried out the attack outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel.
His uncle Dean Livelsberger told The Independent that his nephew was ‘100 percent a patriot’, and described him as a ‘Rambo-type.’
‘He used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook, he was 100 percent loving the country,’ he continued.
‘He loved Trump, and he was always a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American. It’s one of the reasons he was in Special Forces for so many years. It wasn’t just one tour of duty.’
He added that the amateurish construction of the explosive device in the Cybertruck was curious to him, as he knew Matthew to be a ‘very skilled warrior’ who ‘would’ve been able to make a more sophisticated explosive.’
‘He was what you might call a ‘supersoldier.’ If you ever read about the things he was awarded, and the experience he had, some of it doesn’t make sense, when he had the skills and ability to make something more, let’s say, ‘efficient,” Dean said.
‘His skills were enormous from what he had been taught in the military.’
Livelsberger, 37, was identified by law enforcement sources as the bomber in Wednesday’s attack, which left seven wounded. The electric vehicle exploded about 15 seconds after the driver pulled up in front of the hotel’s entrance.
The blast was caused by ‘a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck’ or ‘very large fireworks’, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Livelsberger died in the bombing. He lived in Colorado Springs and was an active member of the Army. He previously received a Meritorious Honor Award for work benefiting the US Embassy in Tajikistan.
Liveslberger was profiled by a local newspaper in Ohio for his work with the military in Afghanistan.
He grew up in Ohio and was married to social worker Sara Livelsberger, who in the lead up to the 2016 election shared a slew of Facebook posts spouting anti-Trump rhetoric.
According to CBS News, Liveslberger was on break from duty in Germany when he carried out the attack. His wife hadn’t heard from him from several days.
Property records reveal the couple purchased a home in Colorado Springs together in 2015.
However, police have linked Livelsberger to several addresses throughout the city – including a different townhouse that was raided by the FBI overnight.
