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The event's organizer was revealed as Shelly Gutierrez by ABC affiliate KGUN in Tucson. She wrote on Facebook that she has been harassed online.

\"With the [numerous] death threats and harassment it's sad to say we have canceled what was supposed to be a fun peacewalk,\" Gutierrez, who goes by the name \"Nikki Sinn\" on Facebook and has 38,000 followers, wrote. \"We apologize to everyone who was excited to go and have a good night of fun.\"

Gutierrez said the people who had \"bombarded\" the event page with harassing posts will be reported to authorities. The event was taken down from Facebook, but the flier posted on Oct. 5 remained on Gutierrez's Facebook page. She did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Tucson Police Spokesman Sgt. Pete Dugan told ABC News that he did not know if Gutierrez had filed a report regarding the death threats she said she received.

The Rev. Reginald Walton, chairman of Black Lives Matter Phoenix, said he was \"glad\" the march was canceled and called the Clown Lives Matter movement \"insensitive\" considering the \"serious problem we are facing in this country\" regarding police brutality.

\"We really are hoping that people understand the message is not to be taken lightly or usurped because this is a serious, serious issue,\" Walton told ABC News. \"The violence has to stop.\"

Since Tucson has not seen any scary clown activity, police weren't planning on providing extra security for the march, Dugan said. But since the downtown Tucson area is highly populated on weekend evenings due to its plethora of bars and restaurants, several Tucson police officers are already in patrol of the area, and the department has additional resources available if needed.

\"It didn't seem like they were going to need [additional security],\" Dugan said. \"We weren't expecting anything major to happen.\"

#Tucson PD were aware of the #ClownLivesMatter walk & were planning to have downtown foot patrols on 4th Ave. but event has been cancelled

— Angelica Carrillo (@acarrillonews) October 13, 2016

The uptick of scary clown incidents and sightings has rattled the nation in the months leading up to Halloween. The issue has become so severe that it prompted the White House to issue a statement saying the creepy clown incidents should be taken \"seriously\" by law enforcement.

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