Crime & Safety
Swastikas Scrawled On 'Lion King' Theater Doors: Video
Police are trying to track down a man seen on video drawing swastikas onto the door of the Minskoff Theatre near Times Square.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A man scrawls swastikas on the Broadway theater that hosts "The Lion King" in video released by the NYPD Wednesday.
The unidentified man can be seen defacing doors of the Minskoff Theatre on West 45th Street near Broadway on Feb. 25 about 2 p.m., police said.
The man, clad in a winter jacket, paces between the walls of the passageway outside the theater before leaving the mark on the theater doors, video shows.
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The man fled after drawing the swastikas, police said.
Authorities described him only as a man with a medium build, wearing a gray and blue hooded jacket.
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Police asked anyone with information to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
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