Community members gathered on Wednesday in a show of support for a temple and to condemn what they say is the oversaturation of homeless shelters in Chinatown.

A statue of Guan Yin has stood outside the Sung Tak Buddhist Temple in Chinatown for nearly 30 years.

Worshipers like Shing Wah Yeung arrived on Tuesday to find it vandalized.

“At first, we thought this was an act of hate to the Buddhist religion. Later on, we found out that he went on a string of attacks. It became a bigger more hurtful issue,” Yeung said.

Security camera footage caught the man, who police say is Taihong Ouyang, grabbing a fire extinguisher and smashing the statue.

The suspect, whom police say is homeless, is also accused of targeting five other temples mere blocks away from each other.

It’s unclear why Ouyang may have targeted the six locations. He’s charged with multiple hate crimes, according to officials.

“I don’t know if it was pure hatred that caused this or was [if] it was mental struggles with him, but the fact of the matter is that these quality-of-life issues have to be accounted for,” Yeung said.

“Throughout the years, it seems like rather than having growth and revitalization, we’re just getting pounded with things that we don’t really need in the neighborhood,” Yeung continued.

As for the statue, a symbol of mercy, the temple is working to get it fixed as soon as possible.