LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police have arrested a person for what they referred to as a “targeted attack” at a Tesla collision middle final week, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported Thursday.
Officers arrested Paul Kim, 36, on Wednesday on expenses together with arson and possessing an explosive system.
The fires occurred Tuesday, March 18 round 2:45 a.m. at 6260 West Badura Avenue close to Jones Boulevard and Heat Springs Street.
5 autos had been broken together with the 2 engulfed in flames. Police additionally stated they believed the one who set the fires additionally fired gunshots into the vehicles.
“He used what appeared to be multiple Molotov cocktails and firearms to conduct his attack,” LVMPD Asst. Sheriff Dori Koren stated throughout a information convention final week.
The phrase “resist” was spray-painted on the Tesla middle’s entrance doorways. Police stated an unignited Molotov cocktail was present in one of many vehicles.
Kim was due in courtroom Thursday afternoon. It was not instantly clear what led to his arrest.
An individual with the identical first identify, center identify, final identify and beginning yr as Kim was registered as a nonpartisan, in keeping with Clark County Election Division information.
Final week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk referred to the fireplace as “terrorism.”
