(UPDATE: November 12 at 2:35 p.m.) – After the Kelowna City Hall was destroyed for the second time within 15 days, the search for those responsible has intensified.
Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers has granted “a reward of US $ 1,500 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for these harmful acts”.
It is estimated that graffiti on public and private property causes hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage each year.
Anyone with or responsible for information about the graffiti at City Hall is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
For more information on the crime and a surveillance camera picture of a person of interest in this particular case, see the original story and update below.
Kelowna RCMP investigates after a second graffiti message was sprayed on City Hall. In the morning of …
Posted by Crime Stoppers Central Okanagan on Thursday Nov 12th, 2020
(UPDATE: November 11th at 12:35 p.m.) – Just hours after Kelowna City Hall was destroyed for the second time in 15 days, police identified a person of interest.
They posted a still picture of the man they believe was responsible for the graffiti that was posted on the wall of the building around 4:30 a.m.
(Original story: November 11th at 10.15 a.m.) – For the second time in just over two weeks, vandals struck Kelowna City Hall with graffiti overnight.
This time around, the message focuses on Remembrance Day, claiming that we have given up the freedoms our soldiers died for in the past.
On one side of the building it says: “We want our freedoms back”, along with an obvious reference to a meeting in the town hall on December 11th at 11 am.
The other side has a longer message that reads:
“So we don’t forget that our veterans struggle (sacrificed) their lives to keep a free world for us. Now we have given up these freedoms. December 11th 11am meet here to honor those who died for our freedoms by reclaiming them. “
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Judging by the black spray paint, similar handwriting, and multiple misspellings, there seems to be a good chance the culprit is the same who destroyed the building in late October.
Fortunately, a source close to the city of NowMedia has announced that this time around there is footage of the incident that could be released as early as this afternoon.
The crews are already working to remove the graffiti from the building.
NowMedia has contacted the RCMP but has not yet received a response.
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