If you’ve ever wondered why Donald Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — it’s thanks to The Apprentice and not his dazzling cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York — well, it might be a moot point right now.

Donald Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. (Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images) More

As reporter Jonathan Gonzalez of NBC Los Angeles tweeted Wednesday morning, the star — which is no stranger to vandalism — has been smashed to smithereens by a man using a pickaxe. The man has since turned himself in and is now in custody, Beverly Hills Police have confirmed.

So this just happened again… somebody used a pick axe to destroy Donald Trump's star on the Walk of Fame. Still trying to learn more, but we know it's been vandalized multiple times, just never on this level. @NBCLA 📸: Victor Park/Loudlabs pic.twitter.com/lzq7YrsSRV — Jonathan Gonzalez (@JonathanNBCLA) July 25, 2018





Multiple people — including police — tell me a man walked up with a guitar case and pulled out the pick axe. Then, it’s believed, he called police himself to report it, but left the scene before they got here. Now, he’s nowhere to be found. @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/mJNh1dbO0J — Jonathan Gonzalez (@JonathanNBCLA) July 25, 2018





Witnesses told NBC Los Angeles that the incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. local time and reported seeing the unidentified man pulling a pickaxe from a guitar case he was carrying. He initially fled the scene, leaving the pickaxe behind.