Police have confirmed another case of homophobic graffiti in Astoria as they continue searching for a suspect in more than a dozen other similar incidents.
State Senator Michael Gianaris's office sent us a photo of the latest incident. Police confirm someone spray painted graffiti with the name of former President Obama followed by a gay slur on a building on 29th Street at Newtown Avenue.
The graffiti was discovered Friday morning around 11:00am. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating.
This latest incident comes three weeks after police released surveillance video of a suspect in at least 15 other, similar incidents. In the video, the man can be seen walking up to a building on 18th Street near Astoria Boulevard and spray-painting a gay slur on the glass door.
Police say the man they're looking for is about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds.
They have not confirmed if the latest incident is related to the pattern.
Anyone with information in any of the cases is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-8477.