The suspects who drove a automobile over the gravesites of round two dozen individuals at a Westside San Antonio cemetery have nonetheless not been recognized, police mentioned.
A video of a blue SUV trespassing and driving at a quick velocity over the graves went viral on social media final week with a whole bunch of 1000’s of viewers.
It occurred on the San Fernando II Cemetery, a privately-owned, Catholic cemetery owned by the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The San Antonio Police Division, which polices cemeteries throughout the town, mentioned that somebody had referred to as cemetery administration to report somebody driving over gravesites.
SAPD mentioned that individual additionally referred to as the police to file a report and doc the scenario, however no additional motion was taken.
If there is no such thing as a harm, driving over graves at a privately-owned cemetery is technically not a Texas regulation violation, SAPD mentioned.
SAPD will probably be growing patrols within the streets and neighborhoods across the cemetery.
The license plate on the automobile driving over the graves isn’t seen within the video posted Feb. 18.
The Archdiocese of San Antonio advised the San Antonio Report on Tuesday that the automotive drove over the southern portion of the cemetery, and that calls began coming in in regards to the incident final week.
“Workers members inspected the realm … and located no harm to both the gravesites or headstones,” mentioned Jordan McMorrough, director of communications for the archdiocese.
SAPD mentioned recommendations on comparable incidents ought to be reported to the archdiocese’s workplace in order that it may well follow-up with SAPD.
You may attain the Archdiocese of San Antonio at 210-734-2620.
