Law enforcement is investigating vandalism to the spirit rock at Ardrey Kell High School in south Charlotte after students painted it over the weekend with an “unauthorized” tribute to conservative media personality Charlie Kirk, the school’s principal said.

The rock sits at the entrance of Ardrey Kell’s campus and operates like a billboard. It’s often painted with messages for students’ birthdays or messages of school spirit before football games.

This weekend, though, it was painted with the message “Live like Kirk,” referring to Kirk, who was assassinated at a Utah college Wednesday afternoon.

Ardrey Kell’s rock was also painted with “Freedom 1776” and “John 11:25,” a reference to a Bible verse.

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