A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of Trump International. Hotel Las VegasAccording to officials, one person was killed and seven others injured, including gasoline and camp fuel containers, as well as large firework mortars.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahal said during a press conference Wednesday that investigators know who rented the cyber truck, which was acquired in Colorado, although they are not ready to identify that person without 100 percent certainty. are
McMahal also said investigators were able to track the truck through Tesla charging stations. License plate readers in Las Vegas first spotted the vehicle at 7:30 a.m., and McMahal said it traveled up and down Las Vegas Boulevard before pulling into the Trump Hotel valet area.
Within 15-20 seconds of reaching the hotel, the sheriff added, the vehicle exploded.
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During the press conference, the sheriff showed a video of the bed of the truck, which showed it filled with gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters and large firecracker mortars.
But the sheriff also pointed to the truck’s exterior and how it was completely intact after the explosion.
“The fact that it was a cyber truck really limited the damage inside the server because most of the blast was through and out of the truck,” McMahal said. In fact, if you watch the video, you’ll see that the front glass doors of the Trump Hotel were not even broken by the blast.
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While the blast did not damage the glass doors, seven people suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.
As for all the guests in the hotel, they have been shifted to another hotel as the investigation into the blast continues.
Like McMahal, Jeremy Schwartz, The Acting Special Agent of the FBI Las Vegas officials would not identify the person inside the vehicle, saying, “Our number one goal is to make sure we have proper identification of the subject involved in the incident.”
Schwartz said another goal was to determine whether the explosion was an act of terrorism, which is being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The special agent said the task force is made up of law enforcement officials from the area.
“We’re not doing anything together, and we’re not going to do anything alone without our partners making sure we’re all in lockstep,” Schwartz said. “We’ve learned from the mistakes of the past, and we won’t do it again.”
The cyber truck blast was the second suspected fatal incident in a major city since the start of 2025.
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Early Wednesday morning, a man later identified as Shamsuddin Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street, killing more than a dozen people and injuring dozens. .
The truck Deen Jabbar drove was rented from the peer-to-peer car rental company Toro, as was the cyber truck that caught fire in Las Vegas. Deen Jabbar’s rental car also had an ISIS flag on its trailer.
A Toro spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the company does not believe the tenants involved in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks had criminal backgrounds that would have identified them as a security risk.
“We are heartbroken by the violence in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and our prayers are with the victims and families,” the spokesperson said. “We are committed to maintaining the highest standards in risk management, thanks to our world-class trust and security technologies and teams that include former law enforcement professionals.”
Schwartz said the FBI believes the Las Vegas blast was an isolated incident.
“We don’t believe there’s a group of people out there who are aiding or abetting him, and we don’t believe there’s any other threat to the community right now,” he assured the community. Said that in the next few hours and days, they will do what they can to get to the bottom of this incident.
McMahill said he doesn’t know if the two are connected but wouldn’t rule it out. He also said that the cyber truck did not have an ISIS flag like the one in New Orleans, but every aspect is being investigated.
The initial investigation up to this point included inputs. Tesla CEO Elon Muskwhich McMahal said provided enough information about how the vehicle was locked after the force of the explosion caused it to explode.
Musk also helped obtain surveillance footage from Tesla charging stations across the country.
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The billionaire kept followers updated about the cyber truck blast on his social media platform X.
“We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by massive fireworks and/or a bomb placed in the bed of the rental cyber truck and has nothing to do with the vehicle itself. All telemetry from the vehicle at the time of the explosion was positive,” Musk wrote. In a post
“Evil knuckleheads chose the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. The cyber truck actually contained the explosion and it caused the explosion to go upwards,” he said in another post. “Not even the glass doors to the lobby were broken.”
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President Biden also expressed regret over the explosion in Las Vegas.
“We’re tracking a cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas,” he said, referring to the deadly crash in New Orleans. “Law enforcement and the intelligence community are also investigating this, including whether there is a possible connection to the attack in New Orleans. So far, there is no report on that score. There is nothing for.”