The Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber reached out to an ex-girlfriend via text and was positively giddy about renting the vehicle, which later exploded with him inside it outside a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

Matthew Livelsberger, 37, rented the Cybertruck in his native Denver, Colorado, drove 800+ miles to Las Vegas, parked outside a Trump hotel and then shot himself in the head, before the Cybertruck burst into flames.

While Livelsberger’s death has been ruled as a suicide, he certainly didn’t seem suicidal based on the texts he had sent ex-girlfriend Alicia Arritt just days before the incident, saying he “felt like Batman” and basically acting like a kid with a new toy:

There’s no direct evidence that Livelsberger, an active-duty US special forces soldier, was suicidal, but it’s worth noting his wife had left him the week before due to his infidelity. They also had a young baby together.

Of course, suicide is not always tied to obvious depression. It’s often the opposite where the person seems the happiest they’ve been in a long time, possibly because they’ve ultimately made the decision to end their lives and are completely content with it. So it may not really be worth reading too much into these texts, though they are naturally fueling a lot of conspiracy theories online about psyops and military-level mind control and whatnot.

There’s also a question over whether and/or why Livelsberger was homicidal. The truck was detonated in a high pedestrian traffic area with people standing around. Did he intend on causing mass casualties? Seven people were injured when the Cybertruck – filled with fuel canisters and fireworks – exploded on New Year’s Day, but thankfully all their injuries were minor.

If he did intend on injuring/killing a bunch of people, then surely he’d had have done a lot more damage by driving the Cybertruck around the streets of Las Vegas, or made use of the rifle that was recovered inside the vehicle. In any case, there’s got to be something intentional and symbolic about the fact that he parked outside the Trump hotel. Then again, maybe not necessarily? There’s just so many questions and theories around it all and no notes or clues left behind as far as anyone can tell at this point.

There are also several parallels – but no definite link – between this incident in Las Vegas and the truck attack in New Orleans that left 14 dead, which also took place on New Year’s Day.

Both suspects served in the US army at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and both served in Afghanistan in 2009, though there is no evidence they were in the same region or unit or even knew each other.

Both also used rental company Turo for the vehicles involved in the incidents. Coincidence?

For the man who rigged his car with a flash bang after getting fed up with break-ins, click HERE.