In a Friday press briefing from Las Vegas police, officials revealed that they have found two letters located in a note app belonging to Matthew Livelsberger, who on New Year's Day exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. He died in the explosion.
One excerpt read out by police stated, "Fellow Servicemembers, Veterans, and all Americans, TIME TO WAKE UP! We are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves."
A second letter stated, "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." It later added, "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. 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."
A police official added that "he does offer additional information that is varying on the spectrum in terms of political grievances, issues about the conflicts elsewhere, not here, domestic issues, societal issues, a variety of other things including personal challenges as well."
This is a developing story.
