Sacramento police looking for 3 suspects after swastikas found spraypainted onto Natomas school

Sacramento police release photos of suspects accused of spraypainting swastikas on school

SACRAMENTO – Large swastikas were found spray painted onto a Sacramento school on Monday, prompting a police investigation.

Natomas Unified School District officials, in a letter sent to families on Tuesday, acknowledged the discovery of the graffiti.

Two schools were tagged: Natomas High and Discovery High. At least one of the schools had the top of one building tagged with two red swastikas.

Editor's note: The graffiti has been blurred out.  Obtained by CBS News Sacramento

District officials say staff started removing the graffiti almost immediately after it was discovered.

"This behavior will not be tolerated," the district said in the email sent to families.

School officials also noted that Sacramento police are actively investigating the incident. Police have released surveillance photos of the three suspects wanted in connection to the incident. 

Police also noted that they are investigating the incident as a case of "bias vandalism."

No suspect information has been released, but the district says people can make an anonymous report through the Sandy Hook Promise website's anonymous reporting system

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