The ex-girlfriend of Cybertruck terrorist Matthew Livelsberger He sobbed as he described seeing his last moments before his death outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
Alicia Arritt, who dated Livelsberger for three years, said the special forces soldier was showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder since 2018, when they began dating.
talking to ABC NewsArritt shared that the FBI contacted her after Livelsberger’s apparent suicide and showed her footage of his final moments.
“My whole heart broke for him because he was so broken that he came to that place,” Arritt said.
Arritt said Livelsberger was “really candid about the trauma he faced and the teammates he lost (in the military).”
In a 2018 text, Livelsberger, 37, wrote: “I’ve been spiraling for the last week.”
In another message from the same year, the Green Beret wrote: “Sometimes I get desperate and depressed… By far the worst thing in my life.”
The couple met on a dating app after Livelsberger separated from his first wife and dated for three years before remarrying.
Cybertruck terrorist Matthew Livelsberger’s ex-girlfriend Alicia Arritt sobbed as she described seeing his last moments before his death.
His ex-girlfriend shared screenshots of their conversation in the days before his death, revealing that he was “like a kid with a new toy” after picking up the Cybertruck used in the explosion.
They lost contact after their separation. But in perhaps a telling sign, Livelsberger approached Arritt in the days before his death to show him the rented Cybertruck.
On December 29, he texted Arritt showing him the Tesla he had rented and saying it “made him feel like Batman.”
Livelsberger also boasted that his ex was “building drones” in his new role. “You’d love it,” he added.
Arritt has spoken out about Livelsberger’s mental health issues in an effort to shed light on his state of mind.
“He described all the same symptoms as in a textbook,” he said. 11 newsrevealing that she had seen post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans in her role as an army nurse.
‘In 2020, I had paranoia and nightmares. I was exhausted and depressed. I was gaining weight and couldn’t think.’
There are avenues to get help within the military, but Arritt said there is still a lot of stigma attached to mental health conditions, particularly in the high-level unit Livelsberger was a part of.
Arritt shared that the FBI contacted her after Livelsberger’s apparent suicide and showed her footage of his final moments.
Livelsberger, a former Green Beret and active US Army Ranger, shot himself in the head seconds before an improvised explosive detonated in the back of his rental truck.
In a 2018 exchange, Livelsberger said he had been in a spiral
“If they had flagged him for having depression or suffering a traumatic brain injury, he would have been declared non-deployable and he didn’t want that at all.” He wanted to be there for his guys,” Arritt said.
‘The VA has improved a lot in caring for these veterans, but on active duty they don’t treat them. They just keep them in the war until they’re exhausted and then the VA takes care of them when they get out.’
Police allege that Livelsberger, who was on approved leave from the Army, rented the truck in Colorado and drove it across the border into Nevada on New Year’s Day.
Within an hour of arriving in Las Vegas, he had detonated the truck full of improvised explosives he had in the box.
Livelsberger was the only victim of the incident, and police largely credit the massive stainless steel Tesla truck with saving lives by containing the explosion.
An Army spokesman said soldiers have resources at their disposal to seek help.
“U.S. Special Operations Command established the Preservation of Force and Family (POTFF) program that provides comprehensive care in physical, cognitive, medical and support resources as appropriate to each individual,” the spokesperson said.
‘We encourage our soldiers, if they need help, mental health treatment or need to talk to someone, to seek proactive behavioral health treatment, whether on base or online.
The contents of the Cybertruck’s tray, where the bomb was stored and detonated.
Cybertruck attacker Matthew Livelsberger claims China is stalking US with advanced drones in deranged suicide note
‘Sergeant Major. Matthew Livelsberger accessed and used the POTFF program; He did not display any concerning behavior at the time and was granted personal leave. All relevant records were provided to the FBI as the primary investigative agency.
His death was initially treated as a suspected terrorist attack, which occurred hours after Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, drove an electric vehicle into a crowd in New Orleans.
The Texas-born terrorist had an ISIS flag hanging on the back of the vehicle as he drove toward the crowd, and was also ex-military.
But police have since unearthed apparent suicide notes from Livelsberger that rule out terror as his motive.
Livelsberger sent the suicide email or “manifesto” to retired US Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate shortly before the attack.
The email claimed that the mysterious drones seen flying over New Jersey and sometimes other parts of the East Coast were Chinese weapons.
Livelsberger warned that they could be well armed, attack anywhere and were “the most dangerous threat to national security that has ever existed.”
Las Vegas police also shared excerpts from two other writings, recorded in the notes app on his phone, that indicated the bombing was to draw attention to his concerns.
Shared photos of Livelsberger from his days in the military.
An explosion killed one person and injured half a dozen others when it went off outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
‘I rented a Tesla Cybertruck. It’s the s**t,” he texted Alicia Arritt at 9 a.m. Sunday. ‘I feel like Batman or Halo’
‘We (the United States) are terminally ill and headed toward collapse. “This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake-up call,” the letter said.
“Americans only pay attention to spectacle and violence; what better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives.
‘Why did I do it personally now? I need to clear my mind, the brothers I have lost, and be relieved of the burden of the lives I took.’