Two historical markers in Georgia have been found shot with bullet holes this week including one marker that honors baseball legend Jackie Robinson in his birthplace.
The markers are part of the Georgia Historical Society’s Civil Rights Trail and the Robinson marker is located in Cairo, Georgia. The suspected vandals have not been identified yet, according to a CNN story.
"This is something we're seeing happen increasingly, [historical markers] actually being vandalized with not just paint or something, but being vandalized with weapons," Georgia Historical Society president and CEO Todd Groce told CNN in the story.
Robinson was most well-known as breaking racial barriers in the sport.
The marker appeared to be shot from both sides by a shotgun, according to Lt. Daniel Lindsay with the Grady County Sheriff's Office in the CNN story.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the vandalism.
A second marker was also vandalized last year by gunfire near Valdosta, Georgia: it was memorializing the lynching of Mary Turner in 1918. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Turner’s family and Mark George, who runs the Mary Turner Project, said the damaged sign — which at the time cost about $3,000 — should remain in its remote location near the spot where Turner was lynched, along the banks of the Little River, despite the absence of surveillance cameras in the area."