Southlake police searching for suspect in graffiti incidents at Carroll ISD schools
Two Carroll ISD school buildings were found to be marked up with graffiti on Thursday morning, and Southlake police are looking for the masked person believed to be responsible for this incident and two other instances of vandalism at district schools.
There was spraypainted graffiti on both Carroll High School and Durham Intermediate School buildings, police said in a news release posted on Twitter. The crime is “classified as a state jail felony offense due to the extent of the graffiti,” police said.
This comes after graffiti was discovered at Carroll Senior High School on Aug. 24, according to Officer Brad Uptmore, a police spokesman. About four months before that, on May 25, there was also graffiti at the senior high school, he said in an email Friday night.
“At this point in the investigation,” he said, “we believe the same person is responsible for each of the above-listed offenses based on the information we have at this time.”
The department didn’t describe what was depicted in the graffiti, though it appeared to be red words in one of the security images released by police. Uptomore said police “won’t be commenting about the content of the graffiti” since it’s part of an ongoing investigation.
The suspect was captured in security images in a gray Columbia jacket, black joggers, black gloves and black tennis shoes. Police released the photos on Twitter in the hopes someone might be able to identify the person.
Since the person’s wearing a mask, police said people should pay attention to the individual’s build, posture and attire, since the individual is wearing a mask.
Anyone with information on the graffiti incident is asked to call Diana Smith, a crime analyst with Southlake police, at 817-748-8915 or email her at dsmith@ci.southlake.tx.us, police said.
In January, police were able to identify two juvenile suspects allegedly responsible for racial slurs and vulgar images found on Carroll High School buses, maintenance equipment and a scoreboard.
This story was originally published September 4, 2020 at 5:58 PM.
