AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly ... none of them could account for the sacred mother’s weeping. Early on Jan. 4, 1975, the figurine was ...

The life-sized sculpture is of Jesus weeping over a dead body, with a plaque at the bottom, reading, "'Thou shall not kill'." The new statue sits in front a wall of photos of people lost to gun ...