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SALT LAKE CITY — Police are investigating a case of anti-Donald Trump graffiti that was discovered at a vacant building downtown Friday morning.
The building near 260 S. Main St. was tagged with the words “Kill Trump.” While downtown graffiti isn’t uncommon at all, the timing and the message is what piqued police attention.
“The important thing to note is the message,” said Salt Lake police detective Richard Chipping. “Obviously that type of thing is concerning.”
Chipping said police were informed about the graffiti around 10 a.m. Friday — roughly the same time Trump was being sworn in as the U.S. President in Washington, D.C.
The building hadn’t been tagged with graffiti before, and the case was documented, Chipping said. A city graffiti remover contractor was contacted Friday afternoon to remove the graffiti from the building’s windows.
Officials were checking surveillance cameras in the area to see if there any clues as to who may have tagged the building, Chipping said. The incident likely occurred late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Chipping added an investigator would likely be assigned to see if there is a direct threat from the individual who sprayed the message to the president. That would determine if Secret Service should be contacted.
“We definitely want to treat it with all due caution at the beginning,” he said.
