Officials confirmed Thursday that the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion outside of the Las Vegas Trump Hotel had a background in the U.S. military.

The Cybertruck was rented to suspect Matthew Alan Livelsberger, 37, an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces intelligence sergeant, who was serving in Germany but was on leave in Colorado at the time of the incident. Livelsberger, had 20 years of service in the Army before being killed in the Cybertruck explosion, per USA TODAY. Livelsberger enlisted with Special Forces in 2006 and was on active duty with them until March 2011. After a short time in the National Guard and Army Reserve he rejoined active duty as an Army Special Operations soldier.

Federal law enforcement agents began searching a residence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, connected with the case and were expected to be on-site for several hours. The FBI said on X: “This activity is related to the explosion in Las Vegas.” The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack, and came just hours after a driver in a rented pickup truck who was flying a flag of the Islamic State terrorist group plowed into New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 14 and injuring more than 30 others before being shot dead by police.

Clark County/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters that the pickup truck and the Tesla in the Las Vegas explosion were rented from the same company, Turo. When asked whether the two incidents are connected, he said: “I don’t know. But we are investigating whether there is any connectivity.”

However as of Thursday, officials said the incident is not believed to have any direct connection to the New Orleans attack. FBI’s Christopher Raia said at a Thursday morning press conference regarding the New Orleans attack: “At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas.”

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