VIDEO: Man damages statue outside church
Photos courtesy of NYPD
Police are looking for a man who damaged a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe outside of a Coney Island church Friday.
According to authorities, at around 11:40 a.m., the suspect approached the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace on Mermaid Avenue and West 17th Street, grabbed the statue and threw it on the sidewalk. He then fled west on Mermaid Avenue.
Police describe the suspect as a light-skinned man with a beard. He was last seen wearing a gray cap, black shorts, and a black shirt with the word “Brooklyn” on the front.