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Vandals Target Cemetery, Cause Damage

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Colorado Springs are searching for whoever vandalized a cemetery chapel over the weekend. A visitor found that someone had broken the front stained glass window at Evergreen Cemetery.

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Investigators say the vandal or vandals also kicked in the bathroom door. The damage was discovered on Sunday morning.

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Management says the items destroyed were more than 100 years old and are priceless. Visitors say they can't believe that someone would target a cemetery.

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Police have few leads and are asking anyone with more information to call them at (719) 444-7000. No one was injured in the vandalism.

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