The Office star Rainn Wilson took to social media posting a disturbing pic of a noose hanging in the front yard of a black woman in L.A. County’s home.

The photo that Rainn Wilson posted is gaining major attention and now LAPD is investigating what appears to be a hate crime. Read on…

CelebNMusic247.com reports that Rainn Wilson shocked followers earlier this week when he posted the image, saying the noose was left on a tree outside the home of an acquaintance, who is African-American.

Rainn said the woman called the police, but when officers showed up, she claims their reaction was basically … “what’s the big deal?”

Now, law enforcement is claiming that is NOT how it went down.

According to cops, they say that the noose had already been taken down and was in the garbage. Although, the African American woman still wanted officers to make note of the incident which they did and provided them with photos.

Contrary to the account Rainn was given … our sources say the case didn’t just end with a report.

Currently, L.A. County Sheriff’s detectives currently have the case and are working to determine who might have hung the noose. Officers already checked for any surveillance footage in the area but came up empty

A police source says, the department takes this kind of hate crime “very seriously, especially in today’s climate.”

At this time, the LASD does not currently have any suspects in the case.