Footage Shows Cybertruck on Fire Outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

One person was killed and seven others were injured after a vehicle exploded and caught fire outside the front doors of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 1, local police https://x.com/LVMPD/status/1874572577500516778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1874622641983943037%7Ctwgr%5Ecf80f7b3c25abd25216eccd2c799e041979ac138%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2Fstory%2F317417 said . Footage filmed by Alcides Antunes shows the car on fire outside the Las Vegas hotel. According to https://x.com/LVMPD/status/1874622641983943037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1874622641983943037%7Ctwgr%5Ecf80f7b3c25abd25216eccd2c799e041979ac138%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.storyful.com%2Fstory%2F317417 Sheriff Kevin McMahill from the LVMPD, the Cybertruck was rented in Colorado and arrived in Las Vegas at around 7:30 am. It was driven up and down Las Vegas Boulevard for about an hour, before it pulled into the valet area of the Trump Hotel, where it exploded. Authorities have confirmed who rented the truck and were able to trace its path thanks to Tesla chargers, McMahill said, but didn't confirm the identity of the driver as the investigation continued. FBI Special Agent Jeremy Schwartz said the Joint Terrorism Task Force was currently working on confirming the suspect's identity and determining whether the incident was an act of terrorism. McMahill said authorities were investigating this incident's potential connection to ISIS and the https://newswire.storyful.com/?search_term=us-la&starts_at=2025-01-01&ends_at=2025-01-02 attack that occurred earlier that day in New Orleans. The FBI said on January 2 that there was "no definitive link" between the Las Vegas and New Orleans incidents, according to https://apnews.com/live/new-orleans-truck-attack-updates news reports . (Footage by Alcides Antunes/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)