The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating a possible hate crime at a church in Sylmar Thursday.
Officers responded to a report of three crosses set on fire at 5 a.m. on Thursday at the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church located at 13901 Polk St.
“It’s a shame people still want to do something like this,” said Pastor Pierre Howard of the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church.
He said the church is multicongregational, serving Latino and African-American communities. The church has video security as well, but Howard said the footage is not providing much help identifying suspects.
Howard added that the cross burning might have been done by someone who just made a bad decision.
“I hope that’s what it is,” Howard said.
Police were treating the fire as arson.
No injuries were reported, and no additional information was immediately available.