No definitive link between Vegas Tesla blast and New Orleans truck attack

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on January 2 said it had so far found no definitive link between the New Year's Day New Orleans pickup truck attack that killed 14 people and a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas, which killed the driver who officials have reportedly identified as an active-duty US Army soldier.

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The Las Vegas explosion outside the Trump International Hotel left the sole occupant of the vehicle dead and seven people with minor injuries, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.

Law enforcement officials identified the man inside the Tesla Cybertruck as Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty US Army soldier, the Associated Press and other media reported on January 2.

The FBI has identified the person driving the Cybertruck but was not ready to release that information, FBI special agent in charge Jeremy Schwartz told reporters on January 1.

The FBI did not respond to a request for more information on January 2.

Livelsberger was assigned to the US Army Special Operations Command and was on approved leave at the time of his death, a US Army official said.

The US Army Special Operations Command would not comment on an ongoing investigation, a spokesperson said.