Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger claimed his shocking suicide wasn’t a terror attack but a way for the US soldier to cleanse his mind, police revealed Friday.
Las Vegas police said Livelsberger left behind two notes in a charred cellphone recovered inside the singed Tesla he rented that suggests a motive behind why he detonated explosives and shot himself in front of the Trump International Hotel Wednesday.
“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives,” Livelsberger, 37, wrote in a notes app on his phone.
“Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”
In another letter recovered by police, the active member of the Army’s elite Special Forces warned his fellow servicemembers, veterans and all Americans to “WAKE UP.”
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“We are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves,” he wrote, police said.
“We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist! But right now we are terminally ill and headed toward collapse.”
Livelsberger, who had been deployed to Afghanistan in 2017 and 2018, was known to be a “Rambo-type patriot” and staunch supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.
He had been in the Army for at least 19 years, joining the Green Berets in 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Police said Livelsberger logged his personal and political grievances into his phone about 10 days leading up to the bombing. He also kept a log outlining multiple locations along his route from Colorado to Las Vegas, officials said.
The father of one left his Colorado Springs home the day after Christmas following an argument with his wife over apparent infidelity, two sources familiar with the investigation told The Post.
After leaving Colorado, Livelsberger rented a Cybertruck through the Turo app and made his way to Vegas, where he parked in front of the Trump hotel and detonated explosives stashed in the trunk and shot himself in the head.
Seven people suffered minor injuries from the blast, while Livelsberger’s body was burned beyond recognition. He was identified from his passport and an Army ID found inside the vehicle.
In addition to the notes on his phone, police also obtained new surveillance footage from charging stations where Livelsberger made stops along the way.