A Minneapolis family said its garage and trucks were burned and vandalized in an incident it believes was a targeted attack sparked by its pro-Trump flags on display.
“I heard just a big, loud boom or a bang,” Denis Molla told CBS 4 Minnesota about a noise he heard around 3 a.m. Wednesday. “The first thing for me was my kids, my wife. What’s going on?”
Molla said he woke up and found his garage, which had a “Trump 2020” banner hanging on it, burned along with his trucks and trailer.
He said the garage was also vandalized with graffiti spelling out “Biden 2020” and “BLM” and had an “A” with a circle around it, which is often used as a symbol for anarchy.
Molla said he saw three people running from the home, and the FBI and the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives have been called to investigate the fire. There is a $5,000 reward being issued by the Minnesota Arson Reward Project for information about the case.
Two young children were asleep inside the home, and four puppies had to be saved from the smoke-filled garage, according to the family.
“We’re very happy to be alive and praise God that we’re alive,” said Denis’s wife, Deana.
