Overview

• The bronze sculpture and adjacent name-bearing rock disappeared from the park sometime within the past day, St. Paul police confirmed July 31, 2025.
• The $33,000 artwork was paid for with a mix of public funds and private donations and unveiled on July 30, 2023, designated by the city as “Suni Lee Day.”
• Suni Lee is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the first Hmong-American Olympian, whose achievements inspired the local commemoration.
• This incident follows a February theft and destruction of a F. Scott Fitzgerald statue in St. Paul, underscoring a recent rise in metal-targeted art thefts.
• No suspects have been named and officers are urging anyone with information to contact the St. Paul Police Department’s East Investigations unit.