The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is investigating damage to Cybertrucks at a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Mo., according to a Tuesday social media post.
“The FBI and ATF are working with the Kansas City, MO Police Department to investigate an overnight incident in which Cyber Trucks at a Tesla Dealership in south Kansas City were damaged,” the FBI’s Kansas City field office said in a statement posted to Facebook.
“Similar incidents have occurred in several states and the FBI and ATF are coordinating with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to gather information,” the statement continued.
Last week, President Trump signaled that he would be open to calling people who commit violence at Tesla dealerships “domestic terrorists.” The president was asked if he could speak on some of the violence happening at Tesla dealerships, and a reporter also noted some people believe the people behind the violence should be labeled as domestic terrorists.
“I will do that, I’ll do it. I’m going to stop them,” Trump said last week. “Those people are going to go through a big problem when we catch them. We’ve got a lot of cameras up, we already know who some of them are. We’re going to catch them.”
“And they’re bad guys. They’re the same guys that screw around with our schools and universities, the same garbage,” the president added.
On Saturday, hundreds of protesters came together outside of Tesla showrooms to publicly display their dislike for the CEO Elon Musk and his work alongside the Department of Government Efficiency in an attempt to drastically reduce federal spending.
The Hill has reached out to the White House and Tesla for comment.
