St. Nicholas Church, 806Ridge Ave., was one of many sites across the country where memorials to victimsof gun violence were remembered this past weekend. Dec. 14 was the eighthanniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,Conn.

People for a Safer Society plantedflags in the lawn, red to remember the more than 700 victims of gun violence locally this year, and26 white angels representing the Sandy Hook victims. Within a few days, vandalssavaged the angels.

We were very appalled onSunday to see that some cruel fools had torn the heads and wings off the angels,Eileen Soderstrom, Vice President of People for a Safer Society, wrote in anemail. How much hate are we seeing in our community?

Commander Brian Henry of the Evanston Police Department told the RoundTable the case has been assigned to a detective. He added there is no video surveillance footage of the area.

On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother and thendrove to the school, where he shot 20 and killed children and six staff membersand shortly afterward, himself.

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Vandals Tear Heads and Wings Off Memorial Angels - Evanston RoundTable