By East County Magazine
EL CAJON, California (ECM) — El Cajon Police Department is investigating a troubling string of hate crime vandalism that occurred on June 27 between 1:30 and 3 a.m. on June 27 in the 1300 block of Greenfield Drive. Five parked vehicles were spray-painted with swastikas and hate slogans, including gay and anti-Arab slurs, 10 News reports.
Lt. Will Guerin state in a press release, “Our primary focus is on identifying and arresting the individual(s) responsible for the damage. The motive is unclear, he says, adding that investigators have not yet determine whether the suspect(s) had any connection to the victims.
El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells told 10 News, “”This is not what you want to see in our community or in any community,” Wells said. “And it’s really not indicative of El Cajon.”
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Preceding republished from East County Magazine with which San Diego Jewish World trades stories under auspices of the San Diego Online News Association.