Crime & Safety
'Hail Satan': Tucson Church Vandalized With Satanic Graffiti
BREAKING: Tucson police are investigating after satanic messages were found spray-painted on the Flowing Wells Assembly of God.
TUCSON, AZ — Tucson police are investigating after a passerby discovered a pentagram, the number "666" and multiple upside-down crosses spraypainted on a church.
Police were alerted around 5 a.m. Thursday that someone had vandalized the Flowing Wells Assembly of God, police told Patch. The church is located near North Flowing Wells Drive and West Kingsgate Street.
Photos posted on social media by KGUN-TV showed a blue, upside down cross painted on a wall, as well as the number "666," the words "HAIL SATAN" and a second upside down cross painted in red on a white van. A pentagram was also painted on a wall.
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"Investigators are out there looking for any clues," a spokesman for the police department said.
So far there are no suspects and no witnesses. No surveillance footage had been recovered Thursday morning.
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A message left with the church wasn't immediately returned.
SATANIC GRAFFITI AT CHURCH: Police are investigating offensive images spraypainted at Flowing Wells Assembly of God. https://t.co/qwtLh6LWke pic.twitter.com/YM3Ca7kAIM
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