Both the man inside the Cybertruck and the suspect who allegedly drove into a crowded New Orleans street served at Fort Bragg, though their time at the base did not overlap.

Matthew Livelsberger, a highly decorated Special Forces soldier, is believed to have rented the Tesla truck, driving it to the entrance of the hotel and touching off an explosion. Livelsberger died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds,

The active-duty US Army Green Beret who authorities say exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas this week struggled with injuries relating to his military service and said he was depressed while they were together a few years ago,

Las Vegas police used DNA to confirm that the body found in the Tesla Cybertruck after its explosion was Matthew Livelsberger, an active U.S. servicemember.