Pittsburgh police looking for 2 people seen graffiti tagging house in South Side

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are asking for your help identifying two people in surveillance video that shows graffiti tagging in Pittsburgh’s South Side.

The incident shown in the video happened on July 11, but it’s the same tag that has popped up on other buildings, including a church in December and a historic building this past week.

The video can be found here.

“We were around. We went inside. We came back and it was there,” Ann Hohn said. She’s the H.O.A. president at the Bedford School Loft Condominiums on Bingham Street in the South Side. She says the paint job showed up Friday evening.

“It’s extraordinarily frustrating. It’s a 170-year-old building, 170-year-old bricks. And how are we going to clean that? I’m not even sure what we’re going to do,” she said.

Further down the road at Jade Wellness Center, it was more of the same.

“I just got some paint and painted over it, just the other day,” Devin Finley said. He works at the wellness center. “We had one last year over there and you guys just pointed out that one. Looks like more work for myself.”

It was on the same street earlier this month that surveillance video captured another tag in progress. Pittsburgh Police posted the video to its Facebook page, hoping to identify the man and woman in it. They say the woman was taking pictures of the man and later was seen walking away with him.

Back in December, we showed you video of the same tag on the side of Holy Assumption of St. Mary Orthodox Church.

Meanwhile, Hohn is taking action.

“We’ve called our insurance company. We’ve called some experts. We’re not sure what to do but we are going to be putting up cameras and lights in the next couple of weeks,” Hohn said. “Why? I mean, there are plenty of places here in the South Side. Go to the Color Park and tag. Why would you do this to such a beautiful, historic building?”

If you know the people in the video, police ask you call (412) 495-6052.

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