The three wooden crosses, which had been a mahogany brown color, had been scorched to black. Immediately, he switched off his phone and made his way to the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church.

LAPD confirmed their detectives were investigating the cross burning as a potential hate crime. The Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church is a predominantly Black and Latino church founded in 2004.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three wooden crosses outside a small Los Angeles ... Sylmar Christian pastor Pierre Howard, who is Black, said there had been no threats against the church, which he described ...