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LOS ANGELES (CBS NEWS) - It wasn't the first attack on Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year, but it was certainly the most damaging.

The tile displaying Trump's star -- on a stretch of sidewalk near the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard -- was destroyed by a man wielding a sledgehammer early Wednesday morning.

The man, who identified himself as James Otis, dressed as a city-employed construction worker and set up several Los Angeles Department of Transportation cones and signs around the star before setting to work destroying it.

Los Angeles police are investigating the incident.

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