Cybertruck blast 911 calls released: ‘This is the craziest thing I’ve seen’
In 911 audio recordings released by police on Thursday, hotel guests and onlookers described the New Year’s Day Cybertruck explosion that happened near the entrance of the Trump International hotel.
“I am staying at the Trump hotel here in Las Vegas, and a really big explosion noise went off,” one caller said during the 34-minute compilation of calls posted to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Records Unit account on YouTube. “I can see all the smoke from my room.”
On the morning of Jan. 1, 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself in the head right before his rented Cybertruck, which was parked near the entrance of Trump International, exploded, authorities said. Seven people were injured.
Since the explosion, Metro has held multiple news conferences about the explosion. On Tuesday, police said that the active-duty soldier had used ChatGPT to plan the explosion and that the results “could have been much worse.”
“Are we fine? Do I just stay in my room?” someone asked in one of the 911 calls Metro released from that morning. “I have little kids.”
The dispatcher in the recording could be heard instructing the caller to contact security and reassuring them that Metro was coming. Another guest said they tried to call security but could not get through to anyone.
“It looks like there is a fire going on in the valet. We have fire, medical, and police on the way,” a dispatcher told a caller. “Just stay in your room. If you need to evacuate, someone will come get you.”
One person in the audio called from the 62nd floor of the tower to ask what was going on.
“We heard explosions — a gunshot or something,” they said. “We heard a lot of popping noises.”
Another person calling from near the Fashion Show mall witnessed the explosion and said, “The boom sounded like a mini bomb.”
“The whole place is covered in smoke,” they said. “This is the craziest thing I’ve seen.”
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