By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews
Black spray-painted graffiti bearing tags associated with 764 — a violent online network that has drawn a formal public safety warning from the FBI — appeared Sunday morning on the exterior wall of a building near the Noodles & Company at Neelsville Village Center on Frederick Road in Germantown, photographs obtained by MDBayNews show.
The graffiti, photographed at approximately 8 a.m. on June 7, includes the header “KILL THE WORLD” and lists multiple handles with “764” suffixes — a naming convention associated with the network. The FBI’s Chicago field office has issued a PSA identifying 764 as a violent online group that targets minors and has been linked to real-world violence.
A separate tag on the same wall — “MKY” — has been linked by researchers to accelerationist networks that overlap with 764, including groups described as neo-Nazi adjacent.
The location falls within the district of Montgomery County Council Member Dawn Leudtke.
Anyone with information about the graffiti or those responsible is encouraged to contact the Montgomery County Police Department at 301-279-8000 or submit a tip to the FBI at tips.fbi.gov.
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