The Lakewood Police Department is searching for a suspect who allegedly carved a swastika on a Tesla Cybertruck parked outside the Colorado Mills mall.

In a statement on X on Saturday night, Lakewood authorities said a person vandalized a Cybertruck in the mall’s parking lot.

The incident occurred on March 5 and was first reported on March 12, according to a department spokesperson, who confirmed a symbol was carved onto the Cybertruck.

Authorities are investigating the incident based on “leads generated by social media,” the spokesperson said.

Social media surveillance video shows a masked person with long hair carving something to the side of a vehicle. 

The attempted vandalism is among crimes throughout the Denver metro area targeting Tesla after Elon Musk, the company’s CEO and advisor to President Donald Trump. Musk is tasked with helping the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

There have been five attemptedarsons and vandalism at Loveland’s Tesla dealership since the end of January, according to the Loveland Police Department.

The previous incidents occurred on Jan. 29, Feb. 2, Feb. 7, Feb. 24, and March 7. 

Authorities in Loveland arrested 23-year-old Cooper Jo Frederick in connection to a March 7 incident at the Tesla dealership, where someone threw and ignited an “incendiary device” at the building, landing between two vehicles before quickly being extinguished.

Loveland police also arrested 40-year-old Lucy Grace Nelson — the Department of Justice said Nelson is also known as Justin Thomas Nelson — on Feb. 24 after the suspect allegedly vandalized vehicles and threw another incendiary device at the business multiple times since Jan. 29.

On Feb. 7, vehicles in Loveland appeared to have a red X spray-painted across their windshields, while glass at the dealership building had the words “NAZI CARS” spray-painted on it.

The Tesla dealership in Littleton on South Broadway saw two Cybertrucks vandalized on March 8 during a protest, according to the Littleton Police Department.

Similarly, The Kitchen restaurant at 1039 Pearl St. in Boulder has received two called-in bomb threats since January.

The restaurant chain is co-owned by Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk’s brother.

Boulder police were first called to the restaurant for a bomb threat over the phone on Jan. 23. They were then called again on March 12 around 7 p.m., according to a police spokesperson.

There have been vandalism reports regarding Teslas in Denver, the Denver police said, though authorities don’t consider them a trend or targeted attack.

Denver Gazette reporter Sage Kelley and The Associated Press contributed to this report.