Police were called but got conflicting stories, and no arrests were made. But with the fire and the skirmish both happening in the same city block and to two Muslim families, police plan to have a sit-down with the neighbors.

“The First District captain is scheduling a meeting in the coming days with all involved parties in an attempt to mediate,” police spokeswoman Schron Y. Jackson said.

Ekic, 22, said Wednesday that the same neighbor allegedly harassing the Alnusour family confronted her father the day before the fire, complaining about where he was parking and the condition of the house, which had been damaged by an earlier fire in May. Ekic’s father, Bahret, is a contractor and was there with workers to begin getting the house ready for renovation, she said.

Wednesday morning, Ekic stood in front of her house along with Faizan Syed, the executive director of the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the organizations’s attorney, Robert West. They are calling on law enforcement to investigate the fire as a potential hate crime. The organization held a similar press conference a few weeks ago to bring attention to the Alnusours’ harassment complaints.