Seattle Police took a woman into custody Saturday morning after witnesses reported she punched and broke out the window of a Tesla parked near the East Precinct.

According to radio updates and SPD’s brief on the incident, a 911 caller reported the vandalism underway just before 11 AM. Police were looking for a woman reported in her 60s, wearing a gray jacket, and carrying white bags. “With witnesses’ assistance,” she was located in front of the precinct minutes later and taken into custody, SPD said.

SPD reports the black 2021 Tesla sustained “felony level damage.”

There were no reported indications the woman’s actions were political in nature. Only minutes earlier, SPD was also dispatched to search for a man in crisis damaging cars on 15th Ave E.

The FBI was reportedly investigating vandalism targeting Teslas and Cybertrucks following a small burst of incidents including a March arson that charred a white Tesla sedan parked along 15th Ave E in March amid as backlash against company CEO Elon Musk and frustration around Department of Government Efficiency cuts to the federal government as the billionaire became a trusted advisor in the second Trump administration.

There have been no announced arrests in the 15th Ave E or other Seattle Tesla incidents.

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