AURORA | Two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the racist vandalism of Coyote Hills Elementary School in east Aurora, according to the Aurora Police Department.
The department tweeted on Wednesday that two juveniles are in custody, but because they are minors their identities will not be released.
Racist and sexually graphic graffiti was found on Friday, Jan. 22 before school on the playground at Coyote Hills and was covered up before students arrived.
Surveillance video of the incident shows what appears to be two teenage males vandalizing the playground, according to a letter Principal Hillary Pohlmann sent to elementary school families.
The vandalism was spray-painted onto the school and took place around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, according to an APD Facebook post asking for help identifying the suspects.
Pohlmann didn’t say in her letter what the graffiti said, but Denver school board director Tay Anderson tweeted Friday morning that the graffiti included “(expletive) BLM” and a racial slur against Black people.