KIRKWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) Kirkwood police arrested three people after racist and derogatory’ statements were spray-painted onto three schools Wednesday.
Daniel Moore, 18, and Christian Reese, 18, were charged with property damage. A juvenile was also taken into custody.
The school district said Reese and Moore are Kirkwood School graduates and the minor is a current student.
The vandals hit Kirkwood High School, North Kirkwood Middle School, and Nipher Middle School. Surveillance video captured three suspects entered the alley of Kirkwood High School through the West Jewell cut thru and spray painted graffiti on the wall.
Maintenance crews and passersby noticed the graffiti and called police. By Thursday afternoon, the messages had been covered.
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