BOSTON (WHDH) - State police are turning to the public for help identifying the vandal or vandals who damaged a Vietnam war memorial in Dorchester.
State police received a call from a concerned resident around 3 p.m. Thursday who noticed the Morrissey Boulevard memorial had been vandalized.
Responding troopers found shrubs uprooted, an American flag that appeared to have been cut, a Massachusetts state flag that had been cut from a pole, tossed into the woods and covered in trash, and bricks that had been thrown at the memorial, a spokesman said.
A POW flag has been reported missing.
Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call the South Boston state police barracks at 617-740-7710.
Here are several photos of the vandalism to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Morrissey Boulevard in Boston. This was reported to us yesterday and the investigation into who did it ongoing. If you have any info please call MSP at 617-740-7710. pic.twitter.com/nKzo5kdugI
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) October 26, 2018
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