Cops Say 14-Year-Old Set Fire to Waymo Self-Driving Car in San Francisco
Police say a teenager is responsible for setting fire to one of Waymo’s self-driving cars in San Francisco earlier this year .
In February, a Waymo self-driving car was defaced and eventually incinerated by an angry mob in San Francisco’s Chinatown. As a video of the incident clearly shows , however, the car’s destruction was hardly the work of a single individual. Instead, a wild mob can be seen spray painting the car, striking it with skateboards and other objects, and just generally abusing it. Amid the furor, one person shouted: “Light that shit on fire!”
Well, someone eventually did. At some point, someone had the bright idea to throw a firework inside the car and watch it go up like a Roman candle .
The San Francisco Standard now reports that a SFPD Arson Task Force has identified a 14-year-old as the suspect who threw the firework and lit the car on fire. The teenager was identified as the result of a search warrant recently served at his residence, and the District Attorney’s Office has now filed charges against them. Due to their age, the person has not been publicly identified.
