Overview
- Las Vegas police characterized the Jan. 1 explosion as a premeditated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device with potential for mass casualties and significant structural damage.
- The 70–78 page after-action review lists nine reforms, including lithium-battery hazard training, joint incident command with fire, clearer interagency information-sharing, improved dispatcher communications, and PPE for crime scene analysts.
- The report documents the response from the first 8:40 a.m. 911 call through the Jan. 9 transfer to federal authorities after the Department of Defense deemed a manifesto on the attacker’s phone classified.
- Officials identified the attacker as Matthew Livelsberger, 37, a Green Beret who shot himself seconds before the blast; investigators say he loaded the rented Cybertruck with fireworks, gas cans and camping fuel and was seen pouring accelerant into the truck bed.
- The number of people injured is inconsistently reported, with some accounts citing six injuries and others seven, and the report notes the use of a thermal-camera drone for the initial hazard assessment.