Photo via the Montgomery County Police Department

Residents of a Montgomery Village community found a synthetic rope hanging from a tree near a parking lot on Thursday morning—the latest of several nooses recently found in the D.C. region.

Police say residents spotted the noose around 8 a.m., and officers responded to the scene in the Heron’s Cove condominium neighborhood about an hour later, according to a release from the Montgomery County Police Department.

Residents told police that they didn’t know if the noose was directed toward any one person, and they had no indication of suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

“I couldn’t do nothing because the only thing I could do is look at my babies. They have to live in this area and it’s sad,” resident Monica Moore told Fox5.

The incident comes two weeks after residents in D.C.’s Hillcrest community found a noose hanging on the porch of a house that was under construction.

On May 31, visitors found a noose hanging in an exhibit on segregation inside of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and another noose was found hanging from a tree near the Hirshhorn Museum on May 26. These cases are still under investigation, according to U.S. Park Police spokesperson Sergeant Anna Rose.

Nooses were also found on the campuses of the University of Maryland and American University in April and May.

After residents found the rope in Hillcrest, about 100 people including Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray, and D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham, gathered for a rally and vigil.

Mayor Bowser said in a statement that D.C. is “an inclusive city, and we do not tolerate signs of hate, ignorance, and fear… we do not take these incidents lightly, and we will not accept that signs of hate are signs of our time.” The mayor also said that she’s told the Office of Human Rights to activate the city’s hate crimes protocol and the Office of Religious Affairs to gather faith leaders as a resource for residents.

Montgomery County police removed the noose in Heron’s Cove on Thursday, and it’s being used as evidence in their investigation.