Hamilton police are investigating after racist graffiti was reportedly discovered spray-painted on a building that used to house a bowling alley in the city’s east end.
Police say that sometime in the last week, a racist slur and several phallic symbols were spray-painted on the Skyway Lanes building on Melvin Avenue.
The business closed down earlier this year.
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Const. Jerome Stewart says the graffiti has been classified as a “suspected hate/bias incident.”
He says the Hamilton Police Service hate crime unit is now looking into the case.
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There are currently no witnesses or suspects to the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Paul Corrigan at 905-546-5678.
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