Graffiti found early Sunday morning in south Evanston mentions a gang whose members police suspect were involved in a recent fatal shooting in the city.

A 65-year-old woman found the graffiti on her garage in the 1600 block of Dobson Street and said the defacement occurred sometime between Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police have not yet identified the person responsible for the graffiti, Dugan said.

The graffiti directly threatened two local gangs, one of which the police believe retaliated last week against a fatal shooting Aug. 31.

The graffiti also included a five-point star with a finger pointing downward, Dugan said. This sort of tagging has become more rare in Evanston in recent months because of a growing trend of communication between gangs through social media, he added.

Man arrested after threatening officer

A 24-year-old man was arrested Tuesday evening in connection with assaulting a police officer shortly after a shooting occurred nearby.

Multiple people were stopped at about 6:25 p.m. in the 1800 block of Grey Avenue while police officers were investigating the Tuesday shooting, Dugan said. After being handcuffed, the man began “mocking” the officer and took a “fighting stance,” he said.

Dugan said the man was likely handcuffed because of the shooting about an hour earlier one block from Evanston Township High School.

The man is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 30.

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