By Jordan Burke
University Police still do not know who painted graffiti on the Indoor Practice Field last weekend and remain doubtful they will.
Late Saturday night, August 2, or early Sunday morning, someone painted several messages on the side of the new Indoor Practice Field.
The four graffiti phrases painted on the building ranged from 'KS Army Blow Up' to 'Lost in Smith BYU.'
Lt. Greg Barber, manager of patrol for the BYU Police Department, said gang members probably did the act.
Usually, such crimes go unsolved unless the police are tipped off, Barber said.
Because Provo High School is located near the practice field, Barber said the perpetrators may have been using the graffiti to send messages to high school students. However, Barber said the police do not like to publicize the event because it attracts attention to the message.
'We don''t want to assist them in their cause,' Barber said. 'It accomplishes what they want to do.'
Police said the perpetrators entered the practice field after getting through an exterior fence.
Once inside, the people used a ladder to climb through a hatch accessing an exterior ledge about 15 feet off the ground.
Barber said there were several footprints on the ledge, but because of work crews have been at the site police said it was too hard to distinguish the perpetrators'' prints.
Someone called and notified BYU Police of the graffiti Sunday morning. Two police officers were sent to the scene at 7:35 a.m.
Barber said the police contacted BYU''s Physical Plant to clean up the painting, and the cleanup was finished by early afternoon.
Barber said there have been four cases of exterior graffiti at BYU since January.
Barber said he appreciates residents who notify police about campus crimes in order to keep the school safe.
'Our goal is to protect BYU and the students,' Barber said.