State Police are investigating vandalism to the State House steps that occurred early Wednesday. A suspicious package, potentially left by the vandal, was later found on Boston Common, and the bomb squad was called in, according to State Police.

Officials are investigating after someone splattered the front gates of the State House with white paint overnight.

The state’s bomb squad along with the FBI responded Wednesday to a suspicious package on Boston Common after graffiti was discovered defacing the iron and granite entrance gate to the State House. State troopers were called to Beacon Street sometime around 3:30 a.