The mural is located in downtown Los Angeles and was created by artist Louie “Sloe” Motion after Kobe and Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020. It normally shows Kobe kissing his young daughter, wearing a Lakers jersey, on the forehead, but was painted over with white graffiti.

“An iconic mural paying tribute to the late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna ‘Gigi' Bryant has been vandalized in downtown Los Angeles,” the report states. “Video recorded Tuesday morning showed graffiti spray-painted over most of the mural, which had shown the Hall of Fame basketball star kissing his smiling daughter on her head.”