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Windows smashed, graffiti left on Starbucks near UO campus

Mathias Lehman-Winters
May 15, 2024
Ben McGrath

Starbucks on Franklin Boulevard vandalized.

The Franklin Boulevard Starbucks adjacent to the University of Oregon was vandalized early Wednesday morning.

Numerous windows were smashed, and messages including “Land Back” and “Free Gaza” were spray-painted on the building. 

According to Eugene Police Department spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin, a person staying in a hotel near the Starbucks called at 3:44 a.m. to report hearing glass breaking.

McLaughlin also said that 12 windows at the Starbucks located were “completely damaged.”

Starbucks employees at the scene declined to comment.

McLaughlin said that it ”is likely the suspect(s) left in a vehicle,” and that  EPD is continuing to investigate the incident. 

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Molly McPherson

Early morning Wednesday May 15, 2023 the Starbucks on Franklin Boulevard had its windows smashed and vandalized. (Molly McPherson/Emerald)

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Mathias Lehman-Winters
Mathias Lehman-Winters, City News Editor, Managing Print Editor
Mathias Lehman-Winters is a third-year student majoring in Political Science and minoring in Media Studies at the University of Oregon. This is Mathias's third year at the Emerald and he is the City News Editor, Managing Print Editor, and sits on the Emerald Media Group Board of Directors. Upon graduation Mathias hopes to pursue a career in journalism and public affairs. Mathias loves to run, swim in the Willamette, drink lemonade, and admire maps.