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On Friday, Jan. 20, the department responded to Heritage High School, where there was hateful graffiti posted in one of the bathrooms less than 24 hours after a similar incident was reported at Loudoun County High School.
The hateful writings come less than two weeks after there were three instances of racist writing on the walls of bathrooms inside Heritage High School that remains under investigation.
Police say that they are now working with the Loudoun County Public School system to investigate the latest incident.
The nature of the graffiti has not been disclosed by investigators.
According to police, school officials have since searched all bathrooms and locker rooms at both buildings and are in the process of removing the racist messages.
“There is no place in our society for this type of hateful behavior,” officials stated. “The Leesburg Police Department takes such reprehensible actions seriously.”
Anyone who has information on the Heritage High School incident has been asked to contact Officer Bolden at the Leesburg Police Department by calling (703) 771-4500 or emailing RBolden@leesburgva.gov. Those with information on the Loudoun County High School incident can contact Officer Carter by emailing JCarter2@leesburgva.gov.
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