MTA ‘Spirit of Macon’ mural vandalized

"The Spirit of Macon" mural at the Macon-Bibb Transit Authority has been vandalized.

UPDATE:

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is working to figure out who vandalized a downtown Macon mural.

Someone discovered graffiti on “The Spirit of Macon” mural that sits at the intersection of 5th street and Poplar street. The mural was just completed in January, and it was funded through a Downtown Challenge Grant.

Macon Transit Authority Public Information Officer, Jami Gaudet, says they plan to prosecute the vandal to the full extent of the law.

“Every bus on every route, six days a week, passes this intersection at poplar and fifth street,” she said. “That was part of our reason for doing it, that our passengers and our drivers…every passenger on every single route would see it. So the idea that would someone would desecrate it is heartbreaking.”

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation. If you saw what happened or have any tips call the Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.

ORIGINAL STORY FOLLOWS:

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – “The Spirit of Macon” mural at the Macon-Bibb Transit Authority has been vandalized.

Jami Gaudet with the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority reached out and told 41NBC that someone had used spray paint to vandalize the mural. Gaudet says she is working to see if any surveillance footage from local businesses caught who the suspect behind the vandalism could be.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says it is still working on the report to investigate the incident.

For more information about how the mural came to be, click here.