PITTSBURGH — A monument commemorating the service and sacrifice of our military was vandalized the night before Memorial Day.
The Pittsburgh Police reported that the WWI War Memorial located on Butler Street and Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville had red paint splashed on the base of the memorial and "indeterminate messages" scrawled across the monument.
"Vandalizing a memorial on any day is wrong, but it is incomprehensible to vandalize this memorial on a day in which we honor those who served and gave their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today," Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said in a statement. "Pittsburgh Police will vigorously investigate this crime. Anyone with information is asked to contact police immediately at (412) 323-7800."
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
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