A St. Paul resident’s yard sign was stolen, and the words “KKK” and “Jew” were etched in snow on a car parked in front of her home.

Shannon Kearney told fellow Macalester-Groveland residents in a neighborhood Facebook group on Thursday that she came home and found the “disturbing message” on the car in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Pascal Street.

Kearney’s sign said, “In this house, we believe: Black Lives Matter(,) Women’s Rights Are Human Rights(,) No Human Is Illegal(,) Science Is Real(,) Love Is Love(,) Kindness Is Everything.”

Kearney said Friday that the car belongs to a renter across the street, and she thinks the message left in the snow on the car’s windows was a response to her sign.

“I was shocked,” Kearney said. “These are not things we usually see in our neighborhood.”

A neighbor called St. Paul police, and department spokesman Steve Linders said Friday they are investigating.

“The first step is to gather the facts and the second step is to determine if a crime was committed and, if so, what was the motivation,” Linders said.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas condemns “this type of action and activities,” said Dan Plekkenpol, the Council’s new and first full-time director of community security. “We have seen, obviously, a rise in this type of anti-Semitic language and actions throughout Minnesota and you’re also seeing it throughout the nation. … No matter what community you’re from, it’s disturbing.”

The JCRC monitors anti-Semitic incidents and is including the Mac-Groveland case on their list.

There have been 21 incidents of vandalism, property damage, harassment, and intimidation reported in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota this year. There were 28 last year, 20 in 2016, 12 in 2015, nine in 2014, seven in 2013 and eight in 2012, according to the Council.

Kearney said she’s had the yard sign for more than a year and it was previously knocked over. She plans to have a new one in place next week.

The response from neighbors has been heartening, Kearney said. She said they have expressed, “‘This is awful, this is not who we are.’ It’s been an attitude that we support each other and we won’t back down.”