YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Thursday an Arab American man living in Ypsilanti Township found a racial slur painted on his garage.

The man said he woke up at about 5:30 a.m. and pulled out of the garage at his home on Blue Jay Drive and noticed “sand [n-word]” spray-painted on the door. 

He immediately painted over the words.

Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies believe the vandal or vandals struck after midnight.

Neighbors said the man has lived in the subdivision for at least three years and haven’t had any issues with him or anyone else in the neighborhood.