OLYMPIA, Wash. — New surveillance video shows a former Gonzaga baseball player allegedly vandalizing the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia on Sunday night , damaging historical artifacts and setting fire to multiple flags and a carpet.
KREM 2 News has decided not to name the suspect until he is formally charged.
Surveillance video released by the Washington Department of Enterprise Services (DES) on Tuesday shows a man crashing his car outside the state capitol and walking up to an office window with a hammer, before breaking into the building.
Once inside, cameras show the man start throwing flags, tipping over busts, and setting things on fire inside the State Reception Room.
"The symbolism of entering our house of Democracy and engaging in vandalism and destruction is a