Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, the soldier who committed suicide inside a Tesla that exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, appears to have struggled with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), authorities said Friday.
Livelsberger’s death made national news and sparked speculation that the incident may have been connected to the New Year’s terror attack in New Orleans, but police said at a Friday news conference that they discovered notes on Livelsberger’s burnt phone that shed light into what he was thinking in advance of his death. In the notes, Livelsberger wrote that he meant for his death to be a “wake-up call” for an America he considered to be in decline, and he also felt the need to cleanse himself of guilt he held internally. (RELATED: Suspect Who Died In Blown Up Tesla Cybertruck Had Gunshot Wound To The Head,…
