OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) The Breonna Taylor sculpture that was vandalized over the weekend in Oakland has now gone missing.
The artist, Leo Carson, told ABC7 News that the bust was stolen and that he has no leads yet on who took it. Carson plans to hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in downtown Oakland where members of the Black Lives Matter movement will fill the base of the sculpture with concrete.
Carson first installed the ceramic bust of Taylor in Latham Square earlier this month along with the phrase, Say Her Name Breonna Taylor. It was vandalized over the weekend and a GoFundMe account was started to help Carson with the costs of repairing it. He planned to cast the repaired bust in bronze.
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