Authorities in Kansas are searching for the people who are responsible for going to a Wichita park in the middle of the night and hauling off with a Jackie Robinson statue.
The theft happened around midnight Thursday at the Jackie Robinson Pavilion in McAdams Park on Wichita’s northside. Wichita police released surveillance video of a pickup truck they think is involved. The thieves cut off the statue at the ankles, leaving only Robinson’s shoes behind, and loaded it into the bed of the pick-up truck before driving away. Cops say the value of the theft is about $75,000.
“When I received notification of this, [it was] one of the few times in life I’m speechless,” said Wichita City Councilman Brandon Johnson at a press conference Friday . “This horrendous, disgusting act really caused me a pause. And it caused pause because of the impact no matter the motivation of those who were involved.”