SAN ANTONIO – People in the Hunter’s Chase neighborhood said they thought they were victims of an innocent summer prank when the week started.
Five days later, Eric and Michelle say this is a much bigger and dangerous issue.
A Northwest side couple is dealing with a never-ending vandalism saga. Their home has been a target for nearly a week.
“It started out with kind of some normal, summer prank style incidents with dog feces being thrown at our car, at our house,” Michelle explained.
By Tuesday, they were dealing with something much more sinister: hate speech and swastika symbols, and other offensive graffiti on their garage.
“We reported it to the police, talked with them, cleaned it off,” the couple explained.
Then it happened again.
“The next night, even more graphic and even more extensive coverage of the garage at three o’clock in the morning,” Michelle said. “We talked to the police. We cleaned it up again, because no one needs to wake up in the morning and on their drive to work or drive their kids to daycare, see that.”
Their home was hit again for a third time in less than 24 hours. They’re not the only ones.
A neighbor directly across the street from the couple said his house has been a target four times.
He shared his home surveillance video with us, catching the reported suspect in the act. A chilling message was left on his driveway:
“You’re next.”
“I think that’s the fear; that not knowing and not having it resolved that other neighbors have is, could it be our house next? or could it be our kids running into this person, or whatever?”
They say they have no idea who this could be, saying the vandal has worn a mask on each visit.
They’re leaving the investigation in the hands of police, while adding a warning saying this has gone well beyond too far.
“If you find it amusing to hurt other people like that says that you’re hurting yourself,” Eric said. “Clearly, there are other consequences that they’re gonna have to pay at this point as well.”
The residents we spoke to say police have been doing extra patrols in the area in hopes of catching this person in the act.
We’ve reached out to SAPD for more information about the case — but did not hear back. If you know who this could be, you’re encouraged to contact the department’s non-emergency number.