NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Officials released footage of three suspects they are looking to identify in connection to a burglary at a Queens school where graffiti and anti-Black racial slurs were also spray-painted throughout the classrooms.
The incident happened at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, inside PS 175, located on 102nd Street in Forest Hills.
The three suspects entered the public school by disabling a side door and began to spray-paint various graffiti and anti-Black racial slurs throughout the classrooms, authorities said.
The suspects took $100 cash and a $150 gift card before fleeing through the side door to parts unknown, police said.
There are no injuries reported and NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
The suspects are described as follows:
Suspect #1: Male, approximately 16-20 years-old, with a thin build and a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a black hooded winter jacket, gray sweatpants, sneakers, and a dark colored baseball cap.
Suspect #2: Male, approximately 16-20 years-old, with a thin build and a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants, a dark colored baseball cap and white sneakers.
Suspect #3: Male, approximately 16-20 years-old, thin build, light complexion, with short dark hair. He was last seen wearing a dark colored jacket, dark colored pants, dark colored baseball cap, a white t-shirt and white sneakers.
Surveillance video released of the suspects was taken before the incident, in the vicinity of the location, the NYPD said.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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