Well, this certainly narrows down the search to every male in the Chicago area. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR EVERYONE WALKING IN PAIRS AND DRESSED FOR WINTER!
From the Chicago PD:
Photos of people of interest who were in area of the alleged assault & battery of Empire cast member. While video does not capture an encounter, detectives are taking this development seriously & wish to question individuals as more cameras are being reviewed pic.twitter.com/xJDDygtocr
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) January 31, 2019
We don’t see any rope or bleach in the photos, but maybe that’s just us:
I’ve seen better photos of UFO’s (seriously).
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 31, 2019
And they still don’t have any video showing the attack:
New development in alleged assault on @EmpireFOX cast member @JussieSmollett — @Chicago_Police released these surveillance images of two people of interest. So far, no video released/found showing incident. Latest 11p @NBCPhiladelphia https://t.co/sFYDdxFoiJ
— Jim Rosenfield (@jimrosenfield) January 31, 2019
Police do admit the two might have absolutely nothing to do with the attack as well. From the Sun-Times:
“They could have been the perpetrators, they could have been witnesses, they could have been complete bystanders who didn’t see the incident at all,” Guglielmi said. “There are still a lot more cameras that we have to look at. It’s almost like a digital puzzle. You have to put all of those pieces together and kind of watch them at the same time.”
You know, video of Smollett after the attack would be interesting to see:
You want the public to help with that? Please release the video from his apt building. What on Earth are these stills supposed to be showing? Let's see him arriving home after the alleged attack. #jussiesmollett
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) January 31, 2019
We’ll keep you posted.
UPDATE.
NBC News reported this morning that there is video of Smollett entering the Subway before the alleged attack:
.@ronmott has the latest on the investigation into a possible hate crime. After reviewing hundreds of hours of security footage, Chicago Police are now trying to find two people considered people of interest
Jussie Smollett is still recovering from that alleged attack. pic.twitter.com/s97iG6yr20
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 31, 2019
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Related:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez goes all-in on racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett https://t.co/Ovtho9EcK9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2019
Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris call alleged attack on Jussie Smollett a ‘modern day lynching,’ demand action https://t.co/zaFgWS5KV7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 30, 2019
Chicago Police give an update on the Jussie Smollett investigation https://t.co/cNpzpAk2LE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 30, 2019
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