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Several Teslas were shot at and torched at a Las Vegas facility in what authorities have described as a “targeted attack.”

The incident occurred at a Tesla Collision Center at around 2:45 Tuesday morning, March 18, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. A suspect, reportedly wearing all black, damaged five vehicles, including two that were “fully engulfed by fire,” the police said. They also believe the suspect fired at least three rounds from a firearm at the vehicles.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze after arriving at the facility.

The U.S. soldier found dead in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas left a note suggesting the incident was a “stunt” meant as a “wakeup call” to the country, investigators said.

During a new briefing on Friday afternoon, police said that they had found a phone belonging to Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The decorated Army solider fatally shot himself inside the Cybertruck on Wednesday before explosives in the vehicle burst into flames. The explosion caused minor injuries to seven victims.