Tigard police, FBI investigate shooting at Tesla dealership

By AP staff (AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. March 7, 2025 1:39 a.m.
This photo, released by the Tigard Police Department, shows shattered windows of a Tesla dealership, March 6, 2025, in Tigard. Ore.

This photo, released by the Tigard Police Department, shows shattered windows of a Tesla dealership, March 6, 2025, in Tigard. Ore.

Kelsey Anderson / AP

Police in Tigard, Oregon, said Thursday they are working with the FBI to investigate gunshots fired at a Tesla dealership overnight in the latest instance of vandalism at one of the company’s retail stores.

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No one was injured in the shooting in the town of Tigard outside Portland. Surveillance video indicated the shots were fired at around 1:46 a.m. when the building wasn’t occupied.

Investigators believe at least seven shots were fired, damaging three cars and shattering windows, Tigard police said in a statement. One bullet went through an office wall and into a computer monitor.

Tigard police said they were working with federal partners, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives, to ensure “a thorough and broad-scope investigation.” Police didn’t have a description of a suspect.

This photo, released by the Tigard Police Department, shows a vehicle with a damaged windscreen outside of a Tesla dealership, March 6, 2025, in Tigard. Ore.

This photo, released by the Tigard Police Department, shows a vehicle with a damaged windscreen outside of a Tesla dealership, March 6, 2025, in Tigard. Ore.

Kelsey Anderson / AP

The shooting comes a week after federal prosecutors in Denver charged a woman in connection with vandalism against a Tesla dealership in Colorado, including Molotov cocktails being thrown at vehicles and the words “Nazi cars” spray painted on the building.

Earlier this month, police in Salem, Oregon, arrested a man in connection with two incidents after a report that someone threw Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership, the Salem Statesman-Journal reported.

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