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The marks spotted on the likeness of King, the civil rights leader who advocated for human rights until his assassination in 1968, hurt local neighborhood residents such as Mary Simmons.
“It’s just so painful,” Simmons said. “I want to cry every time I think about it.”
Authorities were notified about the hate-motivated symbols on the front of the statue in Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Friday at about 3:18 p.m.
“The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime and there are currently no suspects nor suspect information available,” Richard Mejia, an LBPD spokesman, said in an email.
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Authorities said the suspect, who they have not identified, surrendered at 3:30 p.m. He was in the garage of a home in the 5500 block of Lemon Avenue, near Market Street. Residents of the home had been evacuated.
The shooting itself occurred at a different residence about a mile away, in the 300 block of E. Hullett Street. Police found bullet casings and strike marks on cars at the scene.
Police said they first responded to reports of a man with a gun at 1:11 p.m. While approaching the area, officers heard gunshots and then saw the suspect get into his car, Richard Mejia, a police spokesman, said.