- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police announced they had arrested a 36-year-old Nevada man and charged him with 15 felony counts including arson, use of explosives, and discharging a firearm after he allegedly vandalized a Tesla collision center by shooting out cameras and setting five cars on fire. The arrest comes a week after Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced charges against three others for allegedly using molotov cocktails on Teslas in Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill on Thursday announced the arrest of Paul Hyon Kim, 36, of Nevada for allegedly shooting a .30 caliber rifle into the back of five Teslas and hurling molotov cocktails into the cars to set them on fire. Tesla is helmed by Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk. President Donald Trump has said anti-Musk actions against Tesla would be treated as “domestic terrorism” and floated the idea of sending three other individuals who have been charged with attacks to prison in El Salvador, which might not be legal.
