SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just days after the City of San Diego dedicated a Clairemont park in honor of fallen Police Officer Austin Machitar, the site has been vandalized in what investigators are calling a targeted and intentional act.

Police said the damage at Officer Austin Machitar Memorial Park included vulgar graffiti, chipped signs and destroyed flowers left at the memorial. Authorities are withholding some details due to the graphic and hateful nature of the vandalism.

“This whole park has been vandalized, the sidewalks, buildings, several signs, even a tree,” said San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl. “It’s unbelievable the amount of disrespect. It’s not just against our police department, it’s against the Machitar family and the community.”

Machitar was killed in the line of duty

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