Suicide, Not ‘Terrorist Attack’ in Las Vegas
We Must Save Our Military From DEI
There Was No ‘Terrorist Attack’ in Las Vegas
This was the last desperate act of a soldier who had served our nation with honor and integrity.
Mark Alexander | Patriot Post | 1-7-2025 | Condensed
Though some will endlessly dispute this assertion, the fire in a truck outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was not associated with what was indisputably an Islamist terrorist attack in New Orleans earlier that day. In fact, it was not a terrorist act by any official designation.
While there is no reasoning with some who will disagree with my conclusions about the Las Vegas incident, these conclusions are based on the evidence — and my efforts for years on behalf of Veterans suffering severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The resulting depression and high suicide rates are more than just stats for me — I have known two Veterans who took their own lives in order to escape the darkness that consumed them.
To that end, I devoted a Profile of Valor to legendary Navy SEAL SCPO Mike Day (USN). Mike survived being shot 27 times while deployed with Operation Iraqi Freedom but lost his battle with PTSD and took his own life.
So, what actually happened in Las Vegas, and why?
Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty Army Green Beret, committed suicide just before his truck exploded. Police initially claimed his intent was to cause mass casualties with that explosion, and investigators made connections between Livelsberger and the NOLA assailant, including the fact they both previously trained at Fort Bragg, both served in Afghanistan (Livelsberger did three tours), and both rented their EV trucks using the same car-sharing app.
But the Vegas incident was something very different than the NOLA attack. As soon as photos were released of Livelsberger’s truck, showing that the accelerants he used were firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, this did not have the signature of a combat-seasoned SF Green Beret, who would have known how to make a much bigger bang if that was his intent.
Livelsberger, a Bronze Star (Valor) recipient among other decorations during his service with the 10th Special Forces Group, suffered severe depression and service-related PTSD. The 37-year-old was previously divorced and separated from his current wife on Christmas Day. He had been under mental healthcare for the last year but was given leave for Christmas, deemed to be stable enough to return to his family in Colorado.
He did not perish in the fire; he died by a self-inflicted gunshot after initiating the fire in his truck.
The FBI agent in charge of the investigation, Spencer Evans, has since revealed that “the Army indicates that he likely suffered from PTSD, and we are also aware that there were potential other family issues or personal grievances in his own life that may have been contributing factor.” Evans added, “He didn’t have a criminal history. There was nothing that we would have been looking into him for up until this point.”
His family members called him a “patriot” who “loved his country” and supported Donald Trump. He had told relatives, “Trump was a soldier’s best friend.”
In what amounts to a suicide note left in an app found after his death, Livelsberger wrote: “Fellow Service members, Veterans, and all Americans, TIME TO WAKE UP! We are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves. 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?”
He added, “We are all diverse and DEI is a cancer. Thankfully we rejected the DEI candidate and will have a real President instead of Weekend at Bernie’s.”
ACT NOW! HELP US BAN DEI IN EVERY AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
He concluded: “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. 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.”
Additionally, Livelsberger reportedly sent an email to a friend, Sam Shoemate, a retired Army intelligence officer, with further details about his actions and intent. In that email, he instructed Shoemate: “In case I do not make it to my decision point … I am sending this now. Please do not release this until 1JAN and keep my identity private until then.”
Perhaps triggered by the absurd mass media drone hysterics just before Christmas, but more related to the military reports of hyper-velocity Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) off the East Coast over the last decade, his email continued: “What we have been seeing with ‘drones’ is the operational use of gravitic propulsion systems powered aircraft by most recently China in the east coast, but throughout history, the US. Only we and China have this capability.” Indicative of his degree of delusion, he wrote that he believed drones were following him.
Special Agent Evans now concludes, as do I, “Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD and other issues.”
Bottom line: MSG Matthew Livelsberger said he was calling attention to the decay of our culture and the pathetic political leaders who have undermined military readiness and morale, but what he really called attention to is the high rate of suicide among military personnel, particularly Veterans. This was not about terrorism; this was the last desperate act of a soldier who had served our nation with honor and integrity.
For more information about Veteran suicide prevention, contact the National Alliance or dial the crisis support line at 988 and then press 1.
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Thanks so much for this piece. It's the first and only place I have seen this side of the story presented. God bless this man who gave all he had, and, sadly, more than he could afford to give.
May he rest in peace.
This is a sad and tragic event. I know what severe depression and PTSD are all about from personal experience. Its not easy to live through, but I have a strong belief in God and He has carried me through. I finally broke down and swallowed my pride when I had to retire and give up my civilian insurance, and went to the VA for medical. They constantly bombard me with have you ever tried to commit suicide, do you want to commit suicide, have you ever thought life isn't worth living questions to begin every visit. When you call on the phone you get a recorded message with the same trash. I've asked them repeatedly to stop asking those questions because it only triggers my PTSD and bad memories of the past making me deal with them after every visit. But they just say we are told we must ask these questions. Since I know what witchcraft and sorcery is and that these questions are along those lines, I decided to look up the statistics on suicide rates in the US for civilian and Vets to see if they have been killing Vets by constantly pushing suicide comments down their throats. Bingo, I was right. The stats went from WW1 to 2023. Suicide rate in civilians and Vets were on a near straight line of between 10%-12% per year, Vets only slightly higher than civilians. So no actual evidence that being a Vet highly increases our chance of comitting suicide. Suddenly during Obama's Presidency the rate skyrocketed up to the point that during Biden's Presidency the rate for Veteran suicide was between 24%-26%. That's double the normal rate for a 100 years of records. During Obama's time the democrats started calling Vets domestic terrorists and a threat to the nation. Thus they began an assault upon Vets and active duty military personnel. I didn't go to the VA until 2013, and they were in that line of pushing suicide upon me then, so it was Obama's leadership that began the assault with words. I listened to short video this summer of a terrorist propagandist accusing the IDF of atrocities and saying their soldiers feel guilt, PTSD, and want to commit suicide because of their evil war upon the muslims. Bingo, that's witchcraft and sorcery just like the muslim Obama pushed upon the Vets and military. All in the attempt of putting the thought in our heads that we must commit suicide because we are Vets. While an active duty Marine I would have some troop come up to me and say Sgt I feel like comitting suicide. I'd say get that nonsense out your head boy I'm not letting you out of this that easy, I'm going to make you live through it, do you hear me boy? Marine: Yes I hear you. Me: Then don't ever let me hear you talk about comitting suicide again, your going to live through this, do you hear me boy? Marine: Yes Sgt, I hear you. Within 2 or 3 days the troop would come back to me thanking me for saving his life. My boys didn't die from suicide. I didn't save the boys life, God saved Him, I was just the vessel He used to bring them to Him. There is the key, faith in God not DEI trash like our current leaders are pushing in order to cause death. Military and Vets fight a spiritual battle throughout their life with the people they worked with and those they fought against. Unfortunately most don't know its a spiritual battle. The VA needs to stop pushing the suicide nonsense down the throats of our Veterans. Blessing brings life, cursing brings death.