The conservative perspective:
- A 35-year-old man, Christopher Jaros, was arrested for destroying the Angel of Harmony statue in the St. Louis Basilica Garden.
- The statue, which has been a part of the city's landscape since 1999, was knocked off its base and is being assessed for damage.
- The Archbishop of St. Louis, Mitchell Rozanski, expressed hope that the sculpture can be restored.
- Jaros used a boom lift to destroy the statue and then fled the scene on foot, firing a shot into an unoccupied car.