discovered freshly painted gang graffiti on a rear fence on the 9200 block of South Lynwood Drive around 5:53 a.m. Nov. 10.
While informing the homeowners, a neighbor told police of a suspicious car on the 9200 block of South Austin behind the home. According to the report, the neighbor said he heard what sounded like a can of spray paint. Two men in a car drove by in a black Ford Taurus and asked the neighbor if he had any weed. The graffiti was removed as of Nov. 16.
On Nov. 10 and 12, pitchforks were found spray-painted on stop signs at 90th and 91st Streets and Austin Avenue.
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Also on Nov. 10, police found gang graffiti on the picnic shelter at Centennial Park, 9299 S. Nashville Ave. Police said the names of several gangs had been spray-painted on the support poles of the shelter, including the letters “SD” (Satan’s Disciples), SD Killer and an upside-down pitchfork. Locations of streets were also left, including 35th-107th, and 99th & Harlem.
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