执法官员表示，当局正在调查周三在内华达州特朗普拉斯维加斯酒店外发生的特斯拉网络卡车爆炸事件，这可能是一次恐怖行动。
拉斯维加斯警察局的警长凯文·麦克马希尔告诉记者，调查人员正在调查周三早些时候在新奥尔良发生的致命袭击事件的任何可能的联系，但尚未发现任何联系。
据一名官员称，赛博卡车的司机将车开进了酒店的代客服务区，汽车发生了爆炸。司机被打死了，到目前为止，这是事故中唯一的死亡人数。当局称，七名旁观者受了轻伤。
McMahill说，卡车在爆炸前在酒店前面停留了15到20秒。他说这辆车是在科罗拉多州租的，车牌识别器显示它于周三早上抵达拉斯维加斯。
警长表示，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)在爆炸中自动锁定卡车后解锁了卡车，并向调查人员提供了嫌疑人在从科罗拉多到拉斯维加斯的充电站的视频。
新闻发布会上播放的视频显示，卡车后面有一堆烟花风格的迫击炮、汽油罐和野营燃料罐。
多个执法部门消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，在拉斯维加斯爆炸的网络卡车是在Turo上租赁的——消息人士称，同一应用程序用于租赁在新奥尔良发生致命袭击.
美国广播公司已联系Turo寻求置评，但没有得到任何回应。
随着警方继续调查，麦克希尔说，警方爆炸是一个“孤立事件”，并表示“没有进一步威胁到社区”。他还表示，警方不认为有人在帮助这名拉斯维加斯嫌犯。
“我们相信现在一切都很安全，”麦克希尔说。
由于该房产与当选总统有关联，因此经常受到威胁，并加强了安保唐纳德·特朗普.
特朗普的亲密盟友马斯克周三下午表示，“整个特斯拉高级团队正在调查此事。”
马斯克在他也拥有的X上写道:“一旦我们了解到任何情况，就会发布更多信息。”“我们从未见过这样的事情。”
马斯克后来在X上发帖说:“我们现在已经确认，爆炸是由租来的网络卡车车厢中携带的非常大的烟花和/或炸弹引起的，与车辆本身无关。”马斯克的说法是否已经得到独立验证还不得而知。
一名了解调查情况的官员告诉ABC新闻，“这不是锂电池”爆炸，正如一些人在网上猜测的那样。过去曾有过特斯拉汽车电池盒的例子自发着火.
特朗普的儿子埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)是特朗普组织的执行副总裁，他在社交媒体上发布了这一事件。
“今天早些时候，据报道，特朗普拉斯维加斯的门廊(porte cochère)发生了一起电动汽车火灾，”他写道。“我们的客人和员工的安全和健康仍然是我们的首要任务。我们对拉斯维加斯消防局和当地执法部门的快速反应和专业精神表示衷心感谢。”
酒店还在X上发布了一份声明，暗示涉事汽车是电动的。
“今天早些时候，一辆电动汽车起火，发生在特朗普拉斯维加斯酒店的门廊上。”书写。“安全吗&我们的客人和员工的健康仍然是我们的首要任务。我们对拉斯维加斯消防局和当地执法部门的快速反应表示感谢。"
白宫表示，乔·拜登总统已经听取了特朗普国际酒店拉斯维加斯附近火灾和爆炸的情况通报，并指示他的团队提供任何所需的联邦援助。
Las Vegas police looking for links between Cybertruck blast and New Orleans attack
Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror, law enforcement officials said.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told reporters that investigators were looking into any possible connections to the deadly attack in New Orleans earlier Wednesday but had not yet discovered any.
The driver of the Cybertruck pulled into the valet area of the hotel and the vehicle exploded, according to an official. The driver was killed and, so far, is the only fatality from the incident. Seven bystanders had minor injuries, authorities said.
McMahill said the truck was in front of the hotel for 15 to 20 seconds before it exploded. He said that it was rented in Colorado and license plate readers caught it arriving in Las Vegas Wednesday morning.
The sheriff said Tesla CEO Elon Musk helped the investigation by having the truck unlocked after it auto-locked in the blast and giving investigators video of the suspect at charging stations along its route from Colorado to Las Vegas.
Video played at the news conference showed a load of fireworks-style mortars, gasoline cans and camping fuel canisters in the back of the truck.
Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was rented on Turo -- the same app sources said was used to rent the pickup truck used in thedeadly attack in New Orleans.
ABC has reached out to Turo for comment but has gotten no response.
As police continue to investigate, McMahill said police the explosion was an “isolated incident” and that “there is no further threat to the community. He also said police do not believe anyone was helping the Las Vegas suspect.
"We believe everything is safe now," McMahill said.
The property is the subject of frequent threats and heightened security given its connection to President-electDonald Trump.
Musk, a close ally of Trump, said on Wednesday afternoon that the "whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now."
"Will post more information as soon as we learn anything," Musk wrote on X, which he also owns. "We’ve never seen anything like this."
Musk later posted on X: "We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself." It's not known if Musk's claim has been independently verified.
An official briefed on the investigation told ABC News “this was not a lithium battery” blast, as some have speculated online. There have been instances in the past of battery compartments in Tesla vehiclesspontaneously catching fire.
Trump's son Eric Trump, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, posted on social media about the incident.
"Earlier today, a reported electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas," he wrote. "The safety and well-being of our guests and staff remain our top priority. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Las Vegas Fire Department and local law enforcement for their swift response and professionalism."
The hotel also issued a statement on X suggesting the car involved was electric.
"Earlier today a reported electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas," the hotelwrote. "The safety& well-being of our guests and staff remain our top priority. We extend our gratitude to the Las Vegas Fire Department and local law enforcement for their swift response."
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the fire and explosion near the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas and has directed his team to offer any federal assistance needed, the White House said.
