On Tuesday afternoon, police apprehended a man caught in the act of vandalizing the Pink Triangle, San Francisco’s annual and iconic Pride Month commemoration atop Twin Peaks.

The nearly acre-wide art installation overlooking the Castro District was defaced with black spray paint. 19-year-old Lester Bamacajeronimo of San Francisco was apprehended at around 12:30 p.m. shortly after police arrived on the scene and gave chase.

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His own friends ratted him out to police and his truck was registered to his mommy and daddy.

“Officers pursued the male suspect on foot and detained him,” SFPD said in a statement. “Evidence of vandalism tools were located and seized. Charges are pending.”

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A motive in the crime has yet to be determined.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie condemned the vandalism as “hateful.”

“This Pride Month, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Pink Triangle, a powerful installation that celebrates the resilience of our LGBTQ+ community. This hateful act of vandalism does not reflect San Francisco’s values and will not be tolerated,” Lurie said in a statement.

Founder of the Triangle Project, Patrick Carney, described the damage as foot-wide zigzagging lines that run back and forth across the installation.

Twenty-six of the 175 tarps that comprise the massive triangle were damaged, he told KRON News.

Pink paint will likely be used to restore the damaged tarps, Carney said. “However, that’s a temporary fix, and we’ll still have to throw those tarps away.”