There has yet to be an arrest from this weekend's fire and vandalism of a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office, according to police.
On Monday, police spokeswoman Stephanie Fryer announced that the FBI is now assisting local law enforcement in investigating the fire at the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is also helping with the investigation and is scheduled to make an announcement on possibly charges Monday night, The Associated Press reported.
Several protests have taken place across the nation following the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court that suggested the high court would overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision, returning the power of whether or not to legalize abortion to the states.
Demonstrators have taken to the streets to show their dissatisfaction with the leak.
In Madison, protests grew violent with the fire being set inside the Wisconsin Family Action office after a Molotov cocktail thrown into the building failed to ignite, the AP reported.
On the bottle, recovered by authorities, was the message "if abortions aren't safe, then you aren't either" in spray paint.
Shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday, the building was lit ablaze, and now authorities are investigating the fire as arson. No one was hurt by the fire.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers condemned the attack when asked about it on Monday, saying it was "a horrible, horrible incident" and that anyone involved "should be arrested and put on trial. This is unacceptable."
"Violence does not solve the issues we're facing as a country," Evers said.
Julaine Appling, the president of Wisconsin Family Action, said she believes the leaked draft opinion is the reason behind the attack.
However, she made clear that "this attack fails to frighten us, and instead steels the resolve of law-abiding, common-sense, every-day folks to stand up and push back."
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