OLYMPIA, Wash. — Surveillance cameras captured someone spray paint red graffiti all over the side of Gibson's Custom Meats in Olympia.
Video shows a suspect get out of a silver car, walk over to the shop and start tagging windows one by one early Tuesday morning.
“To me, it’s the lowest of the lowest. I mean, why? What did he gain from doing that?” said owner Chuck Gibson.
Gibson discovered the damage Tuesday morning, and it upset him.
In the video, it appears the suspect is wearing light jeans, black shoes and a green hoodie. He drew an “A” with a circle around it on one of the windows and covered the employee entrance with red spray paint.
“I just kind of sat there stunned, like, why would someone do this?” said Gibson.
Gibson ha’s owned the Olympia butcher shop on Martin Way for five years.
Inside, he has cases filled with steaks, chickens, sausages and seafood.
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Lately, business has been good. The store has been seeing about 10 to 15 new customers every day.
"The last couple months it’s been, ‘Oh, I was at Costco and they didn’t have anything,’ or, 'Oh, I was at Safeway and they didn’t have anything,’” said Gibson.
While some chains struggle with supply because of COVID-19, Gibson’s is keeping up pretty well. They have had some pork and beef shortages and had to limit purchases to keep people from overbuying.
Now that most meats are in stock, the main concern is cost.
“Prices are changing daily. It’s hard. You try to give a good product, a good price, a good service, and we’ve had to raise prices, unfortunately, on things because that’s the cost of doing business right now,” said Gibson.
Gibson is grateful for business, but he’s also eager for things to get back to normal.
In the meantime, he hopes someone recognizes the person who tagged his butcher shop because he has a message for the suspect.
"Put your bad intentions to good intentions and see how much better the world would be,” said Gibson.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
Gibson’s Custom Meats is offering a $200 gift certificate for the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
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