Vandals destroyed a monument to Breonna Taylor in downtown Oakland sometime around Christmas night. The artist has already raised close to $11,000 in donations to restore the sculpture. (Photo courtesy of Leo Carson/GoFundMe)

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Attorney Joe Cotchett and his Burlingame law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, have offered to fund the restoration of the Breonna Taylor sculpture located in Latham Square in downtown Oakland. The ceramic bust, which was installed on Dec. 12, was found smashed to pieces on Saturday and reported stolen on Tuesday morning.

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