Police are investigating an act of vandalism at a Prospect Heights bagel shop after a sticker referencing Hamas was found on the business’s side door. The owners and staff of Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe say they do not believe the incident was random.

According to the owner, a customer alerted staff on Sunday that the sticker had been placed on the side entrance.

When workers reviewed their security footage, they discovered video of a man walking up to the door, placing the sticker with the words "Pee on Hamas" written on it, and then leaving.

Police sources at the scene said the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The shop is owned by Palestinian American Fouad 'Frankie' Asad, who said his store contains no political messaging or cultural symbols related to his ethnicity.

"It's disturbing to us you know, we are Palestinian, but we don't support anything like that- I'm born and raised in Brooklyn," he said. "To put a sticker up like that is absurd."

Police were seen at the business reviewing security camera footage from the scene, in what sources say is currently a vandalism investigation.

Asad feels that he and his employees are being targeted for their ethnicity. News 12 has reached out to police to find out whether the case will be upgraded to a hate crime.

"To me it is a hate crime, when you are taking about a war over there, and blaming people here, we don't bring any politics in, we leave all that at the door," he said.

Asad told police that a man matching the description of the person who placed the sticker had come in and harassed restaurant staff, asking if they were Palestinian.

Police were seen reviewing security footage to see if the incidents were related, and if the man had entered the store prior to placing the sticker.

Police were seen reviewing security footage to determine if the incidents were related and to confirm whether the man entered the store prior to placing the sticker