Part of the fun of watching detective shows is trying to figure out what happened based upon the clues that are revealed.

How much can you infer from these two images? 

1.These two trees live in a narrow strip of soil on the edge of the Target parking lot on Broadway in Sacramento.

Both trees have a broken branch hanging from the side.

The broken branches are both about 2 inches in diameter, and emerge from the trunk at almost eight feet above the ground.

What happened?