Norfolk Police are searching for a man investigators believe vandalized a mosque in the city’s Park Place neighborhood Sunday night, spray-painting crosses across the exterior of the Masjid Ash-Shura building on Colley Avenue.
Officers were called to the mosque around 9:20 p.m. Sunday for a report of damage to the building. When News 3 visited the site Tuesday morning, much of the spray paint had already been power-washed off, but faint outlines of the crosses were still visible. Community members say a group plans to return Wednesday morning to continue repainting and repairing the damage.
Lamont Umar Woltz, a community helper who works closely with local Islamic centers, said seeing crosses painted onto a mosque was painful — but the community’s response showed something different…