Lutheran Church In Forest Hills Undergoes Second Rock Attack: NYPD

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A man threw a rock at the entrance of a Lutheran church in Forest Hills, damaging the glass door, on Sunday, for the second time, police said, after a similar incident in 2021.

Police are searching for the man who damaged the glass front door of the Grace Lutheran Church, located at 103-15 Union Turnpike, about 4 p.m. on Jan. 29 by throwing a rock, the NYPD said.

"I don’t understand why he would be so upset with us or the church," Bob Wilson, the church's treasurer, told Patch.

In December 2021, a man also threw a rock at the same church, leaving the community in "disbelief." Wilson said the entrance was repaired a month later with plexiglass, which was damaged in Sunday's incident.

Police released a video of the man on Monday. The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.