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Man burned cardboard, threw eggs at LGBTQ+ church in Fort Lauderdale, police say



FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police are on the lookout for a person who they mentioned stood out of doors the Sunshine Cathedral all the way through a carrier Sunday morning, burned a work of cardboard, after which returned later that day to throw eggs at the LGBTQ+ church in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale police and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue mentioned they answered to a choice of vandalism at the church, situated in the 1400 block of Southwest Ninth Avenue, however may now not to find the person concerned in the incident.

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In a post on Facebook Tuesday, the church mentioned the person burned particles “in what appeared to be some sort of ritual, presumably in opposition to the LGBTQ+ affirming ministry of the Sunshine Cathedral.”

Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening mentioned nobody used to be harmed in the incident and no everlasting harm used to be finished to any assets.

Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins, Senior Minister of Sunshine Cathedral, mentioned of the vandalizer in a Facebook post, “We have no idea what sort of pain he is in or what has motivated him to act in such unpleasant ways. We can only assume he is experiencing some sort of mental dysfunction and we hope he gets the care he needs.”

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Police mentioned because of the fireplace, investigators are not able to resolve at this time if the rest used to be drawn or written at the cardboard.

“We believe we have identified a possible suspect,” Liening mentioned Wednesday. “The investigation remains ongoing and no other information is available at this time.”

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Threat Response Unit is investigating either one of those incidents and police inspire someone with information to touch them at 954-828-5700.

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