Officials at a Maryland university say black students are behind a drawing of a hanging stick figure with a racial slur found on a library whiteboard.

News outlets quote Salisbury University spokesman Richard Culver as saying the students are black. He declined to identify them, citing privacy rules.

According to the independent student newspaper, the Flyer, the suspected culprits were first identified by English Associate Professor James King.

The controversial drawing was shared on Snapchat with the caption '#onlyATSalisbury' and subsequently blamed on two unnamed African-American students

'I can confirm two students have been identified, and are both African American,' King said, according to the Flyer.

The image found April 10 on a whiteboard showed a stick figure being hanged. It was labeled with a racial slur and accompanied by the hashtag 'whitepower.'

Culver says university police consulted with prosecutors and decided not to file criminal charges at this time, according to Delmarva Now.

He says if the university determines any of the school's policies were violated, the students could face disciplinary action.

Salisbury University had a total enrollment of 8,671 students in 2015. About a quarter of the student body identified as African-American or other minorities, according to official numbers.