Posted on: August 09, 2026 06:00 AM

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Queens church vandal smashes Mother Mary statue in possible hate crime NYPD says

The NYPD is on the lookout for a masked individual captured on security footage defacing a church in Long Island City, Queens. The individual was observed leaping over a barrier and destroying a statue of Mother Mary with a hammer outside St. Rita's Roman Catholic Church. The NYPD has stated that it is treating the incident as a potential hate crime.