Crime scene tape once again encircled a large area surrounding the giant but now damaged shiny steel sculpture of Lenin with a tiny Mao balanced on his head.
Investigators with San Antonio Police Department and the San Antonio Arson Bureau were back at the scene Tuesday looking for clues, besides the surveillance video that caught theSo far there’s been no arrest and the motive is apparently unknown.
Each agency referred questions about the investigation to an FBI spokeswoman who said she had nothing to add toBut passersby, both visitors and locals, in the 300 block of West Commerce along the new San Pedro Creek Culture Park, sounded puzzled as to who or why someone would set off an explosion several months after
“It is hard to believe that would have happened here,” said Eulalio Galindo. “Why would a statue of Lenin be here in America? But especially here in San Antonio? I don’t know.”But she said, “There’s going to be those type of people in the world.”He said it’s a controversial piece of art, but “this is art.”
Although the Communist leaders depicted were a troubling part of history, Leonor Navarro said, “See it. Learn from it. Don’t make the same mistake. Change it.”About the Authors:Jessie Degollado has been with KSAT since 1984. She is a general assignments reporter who covers a wide variety of stories. Raised in Laredo and as an anchor/reporter at KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley, Jessie is especially familiar with border and immigration issues.
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