WINTER PARK, Fla. — Winter Park police are trying to find the person who vandalized a statue of a historic figure at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center over the weekend.
A plaster cast of Richard Hall Jr. was damaged by someone who busted a hole in the statue.
Hall was a Tuskegee Airman, a group of African American military pilots who fought in World War II.
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"It's personal for me," said Darrell Gray of the Central Florida Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen. "This piece of art represents who Richard Hall is and what he stands for."
The damage left pieces of plaster crumbled and littered on the ground in front of the center.
The center's manager has no idea who would have done it or how it happened.
“This was deliberate,” said Barbara Chandler, manager of the Hannibal Square Heritage Center. "I think what they did was callous. I'm not sure what type of instrument or what they did, but as we both, as we both can see, this was deliberate."
Hall is still living in Central Florida and celebrated his 95th birthday last year.
The heritage center plans to have the statue repaired and plan on getting surveillance cameras for the future.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Winter Park Police Department at 407-644-1313 or CRIMELINE 800-423-8477.
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