Tesla attack in Las Vegas 'certainly has some of the hallmarks' of terrorism, FBI official says

Multiple vehicles astatine a Tesla work halfway successful Las Vegas were acceptable ablaze successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday morning, and the FBI is not ruling retired coercion arsenic a possibility. Officials accidental 5 vehicles were damaged successful the incident, including the 2 that were acceptable connected fire.

FBI Las Vegas Special Agent successful Charge Spencer Evans told reporters connected Tuesday that the incidental "certainly has immoderate of the hallmarks" of a violent attack, but that it was inactive excessively aboriginal to accidental for sure. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is presently investigating the incident.

Las Vegas constabulary and national authorities are investigating an incidental successful which aggregate Tesla vehicles were damaged, including 2 that were acceptable connected fire. (X/@LVMPD)

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"Violent acts similar this are unacceptable careless of wherever they occur. And specifically, to those who mightiness deliberation that thing similar this is justifiable oregon perchance adjacent admirable, we privation to fto you cognize that it’s a national crime. We volition travel aft you, we volition find you and prosecute you to the fullest grade of the law," Evans warned during a quality league connected Tuesday.

Tesla laminitis and CEO Elon Musk condemned the incident, saying it was "insane and profoundly wrong."

Musk aboriginal retweeted different posts and called the incidental "terorrism," though the FBI has yet to officially statement it arsenic such.

Evans was asked astir the anticipation of the incidental being politically motivated, fixed Musk’s ties to the Trump administration, but helium would not corroborate whether that was the bureau’s existent theory.

Las Vegas Metropolitan PD (LVMPD) Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said instrumentality enforcement believes "the fishy approached the concern wearing each achromatic covering and helium utilized what look to beryllium Molotov cocktails and a firearm to behaviour his attack."

Koren said constabulary recovered an "unignited Molotov cocktail" astatine the scene, arsenic good arsenic grounds that the fishy fired "at slightest 3 rounds into different" Teslas. He besides said that astatine this clip constabulary judge the incidental was isolated and determination is nary further menace to nationalist safety.

At astir 2:45 a.m. PDT, Las Vegas constabulary received respective calls astir fires astatine a Tesla work station. When instrumentality enforcement arrived astatine the scene, aggregate vehicles had been damaged including 2 that were "engulfed successful flames," according to Koren. Assistant Fire Chief Jennifer Wyatt said the fires were contained to 2 of the vehicles and were extinguished earlier they reached the artillery compartment of the vehicles.

Multiple vehicles were damaged astatine a Tesla repair store successful Las Vegas. Police and national authorities are investigating the situation. (Screenshot X/@LVMPD)

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While 1 fishy was caught connected camera, Koren said that instrumentality enforcement isn’t ruling retired the anticipation that determination are aggregate radical involved. As of now, LVMPD is inactive moving to find who owns the damaged vehicles.

When asked whether constabulary are acrophobic astir the Tesla Cybertruck fleet they are expecting, Koren said that they volition not let "criminals oregon immoderate imaginable atrocious actors dictate" operations. He insisted that the Cybertruck fleet volition "make transgression warring much effective."

Residents protestation against Elon Musk's relation astatine U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, extracurricular a Tesla dealership successful Palo Alto, California, March 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

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Federal authorities are besides investigating an incidental successful which 2 Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged successful Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City constabulary told FOX 4 that 1 of its officers saw fume coming from a Cybertruck. He seemingly tried utilizing his occurrence extinguisher, but yet the Kansas City Fire Department KCFD) was called successful to assist. Two Cybertrucks caught fire, but KCFD was capable to enactment them out.

A Tesla dealership successful San Diego was besides deed by vandals, who spraypainted antisemitic symbols and profanity connected the gathering and astatine slightest 1 vehicle, according to CBS 8. Swing Left Take Action San Diego helped signifier a rally extracurricular the dealership a fewer days anterior to the incident. The San Diego Sheriff’s Department told CBS 8 that it had surveillance video of the incident.

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price contributed to this report.