FBI says suspect in Cybertruck blast had PTSD

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FBI says suspect in Cybertruck blast had PTSD  The FBI said on Jan. 3, 2025 that the suspect in the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas had no animosity towards President-elect Donald Trump and likely had post-traumatic stress disorder. At a press conference held by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Assistant Sheriff, Dory Koren, also read letters written by Matthew Livelsberger, 37. These were found in a 'Surveillance Log' on a notes application used by the suspect to document his activities in the 10 days leading up to the explosion. The FBI reiterated there was no definitive link between the New Year's Day New Orleans truck attack that killed over a dozen people and the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas later on the same day, which left seven people with minor injuries.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #cybertruckblast #trumphotel #donaldtrump

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00:00There are some tattoo comparisons that we needed to do, and in those tattoo comparisons

00:10in this particular photograph you can see a tiger tattoo and there's a secondary tattoo

00:18on the stomach that the wife had told us about.

00:22You can see that some of it is burnt, some of it is not burnt, and while the body was

00:27still in the vehicle, we were unable to identify those specific tattoos until we were able

00:33to remove some of it.

00:36We were able to take this phone and be able to extract the data using a variety of different

00:42tools and in that we've identified a whole variety of information, but one thing in particular

00:47is there was an application in there that the suspect used to take notes.

00:51In that application, one of the notes is titled, Surveillance Log by the Suspect.

00:55It appears to be more of a journal of activity.

00:58It dates for about 10 days leading up to the incident from December 21st to December 31st

01:03of this past year.

01:05In that note application, he seemed to have two letters.

01:09One letter in particular, as you can see here, this is an excerpt from that letter.

01:13He says, fellow service members, veterans, and all Americans, time to wake up.

01:17We are being led by weak and feekless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves.

01:21He goes on to explain a variety of other grievances and issues, some political, some

01:26personal, but then there's a second letter where there's some more excerpts.

01:29This one seems to be dated after the fact in that notes application and in there, you

01:34can read a couple of the excerpts.

01:36We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist, but right now

01:39we are terminally ill and headed towards collapse.

01:43This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call.

01:45Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence.

01:48What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?

01:52Why did I personally do it now?

01:53I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden

01:57of the lives I took.

01:59He does offer additional information that is varying on the spectrum in terms of political

02:05grievances, issues about the conflicts elsewhere, not here, domestic issues, societal issues,

02:12a variety of other things, including personal challenges as well.

02:17As you'll see here in this video here at one of the charging stations, this is one

02:20example.

02:21You'll see our suspect here, he'll exit the vehicle, he'll walk around the vehicle at

02:24different times.

02:27At one point you're going to see that he opens the door of the vehicle, he retrieves a coat,

02:30he puts that coat on, and you're going to see that at different parts to include the

02:34photo that the sheriff talked about just a few minutes ago.

02:40We use this video information as well as all I said, what I said earlier about the financial

02:45records in terms of purchases being made with different credit cards, call data records,

02:49video canvas at multiple locations, trying to use all of that to corroborate that the

02:54individual that we've identified is the same individual that drove that Tesla during that

02:58route that we've identified to Las Vegas.

03:01Good afternoon, my name is Spencer Evans.

03:06We have interviewed family members, friends, the subject's associates, and military members

03:11that he served with around the globe.

03:13Through these interviews, we've found that the subject held no animosity towards the

03:18president-elect.

03:19Yeah, so in terms of the so-called manifesto that's circulating online, we have strong

03:26evidence to suggest that it was the subject that wrote it, but we haven't conclusively

03:31proven that yet.

03:32And that evidence relates to other evidence that we're finding that we're able to compare

03:35that lead us to believe it was in fact him who sent it.

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