Residents and local veterans are angry after a bronze soldier statue from a military memorial in Paramount was stolen, marking the second time the memorial has been vandalized.
The Armed Forces Memorial was unveiled outside Paramount City Hall in 2024. It features a life-size bronze statue depicting a kneeling soldier in front of a battlefield cross made from a fallen soldier’s boots, rifle, helmet and ID tags.
On Aug. 19, authorities said surveillance video showed a suspect in a dark-colored vehicle arriving at the memorial around 2:15 a.m…