The Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas is being looked into as a potential terrorist act.

Law enforcement is looking into the possibility that the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Towers in Las Vegas early Wednesday killed one person inside the vehicle.

Detectives don’t think there’s “any other danger to the community right now,” FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz stated during a press conference on Wednesday night.

“We do not believe that there’s a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping this,” Schwartz stated.

According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill, the only person inside the car died, and seven others were slightly hurt. He referred to the explosion as “an isolated incident” and stated that there is no proof that ISIS was involved.

McMahill said gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters and large firework mortars were found in the back of the vehicle after the explosion, which occurred about 15 seconds after the vehicle pulled in front of the building. It’s still unclear how the explosives were ignited, he said.

The sheriff said the truck was rented in Colorado and arrived in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning.

 

The sheriff said the truck was rented in Colorado and arrived in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning.

“We do know who rented the truck. We are looking at that individual,” McMahill said, declining to release a name until officials are certain about the person’s identity.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said police and city marshals “will remain on extra alert,” and told people to expect “a significant officer presence on the Strip, in the downtown and throughout the valley for the next 2 days.”

The explosion occurred hours after a deadly New Orleans attack, when a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people. The FBI said “weapons and a potential IED,” or improvised explosive device, were found in his vehicle, which was flying an ISIS flag.

President Biden said Wednesday evening that law enforcement and the intelligence community are investigating whether the Las Vegas blast has any possible connection with the New Orleans attack, but “thus far there’s nothing to report.”