There’s a suspect in custody but his identity has not been publicly disclosed.
Two active-duty US Space Force officers said their Washington, DC home was deliberately set on fire and their car vandalized with anti-Trump and anti-military slogans while their family was out of town for Christmas.
Major Jason Mills, 37, received a call from police around 5am on December 28 informing him that the house he and his wife Major Kaylee Taylor, 34, share had been burglarized and torched.
Fire officials later determined that two separate fires were intentionally ignited from inside the home. Authorities said the incidents are being investigated as a targeted attack.
Alongside the fire, Mills’ vehicle was ransacked and defaced with profanity-laden messages including ‘Fuck Trump’ and ‘Fuck you space man.’
The graffiti escalated concerns that the arson was part of politically-motivated violence against military personnel in the nation’s capital.
The brazen fire attack destroyed nearly everything they owned along with the family cat.
Major Jason Mills, who goes by the call sign ‘Red,’ says he and his wife, who are both active-duty members of the United States Space Force, were in Florida with their 10-month-old daughter when he received a phone call.
It was police in Washington DC alerting him that their house had been set ablaze.
‘I would say there is a general anti-military sentiment in certain parts of D.C. nowadays,’ Mills told the Daily Caller, speaking in a personal capacity and not on behalf of the Space Force……
By the time the Mills family rushed back to the capital, fire officials had already begin their investigation.
They believe an individual intentionally started two separate fires inside the home – one in the kitchen and another in the basement – leading authorities to classify the incident as incendiary.
Mills explained how his car had also been ransacked, had its mirrors torn off and papers scattered throughout the interior.
Black ink had been smeared across the dashboard and mirrors, and expletive-laced messages were left behind.
A sticker representing the Air Force Research Laboratory was found defaced with a large ‘X.’
Because of what he described as the targeted nature of the attack, Mills said he immediately notified his chain of command.
‘The response has been heartwarming,’ he said.
In the days that followed, Mills and his wife returned to the wreckage wearing hazmat suits, sifting through the soot and debris for anything that could be saved.
Fucking punk. Lock his ass up and throw away the key.
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