Graffiti In Pacifica Targeting Police Probed As Hate Crime

PACIFICA, CA — Pacifica police are investigating graffiti messages found sprayed in multiple locations this week targeting police and white people as a hate crime.

Around 11 p.m. Monday, an officer in the 900 block of Fassler Avenue found graffiti saying "KILL WHITS" and "UR NX PAC" on a wall in red paint, police said in a news release.

On Tuesday morning, similar graffiti was reported at three other locations.

At about 8:45 a.m., messages saying "KILL WHITS UP NX PAC" and "KILL COPS" in red spray paint at the pump house at Linda Mar Beach.

"KILL ALL WHITS" was also found sprayed on a wall at the Park Mall Shopping Center.

"KILL WHITS" and "KILL COPS" was found near Frontierland Park on Yosemite Drive by public works crews discovered , according to police.

Public works crews worked throughout the day to remove this graffiti.

"These types of incidents will not be tolerated in our community and we are seeking
information to identify the person(s) responsible," Police Chief Daniel Steidle said in a statement.

Investigators believe all of the graffiti was done by the same person. Anyone with information is asked to call Pacifica police at (650) 738-7314 or a tip line at (650) 359-4444.

Bay City News contributed to this report.