THE SHOOTING COMES THREE WEEKS
AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND ONGOING PROTESTS OVER
POLICING AND RACIAL INEQUALITY.
NEW TONIGHT, MORE PICTURES
OF LOOTING SUSPECTS AS THEY
WORK TO GET MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE IDENTIFIED.
KAYLA STRAYER IS LIVE AT
WALMART WITH A LOOK AT HOW
POLICE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA
TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
KAYLA?
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL STORES
THAT WERE LOOTED AND BROKEN
INTO THAT NIGHT TWO WEEKS AGO.
POLICE SAY THANKS TO THE
PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND SOCIAL
MEDIA TIPS, THEIR CLOSE TO
IDENTIFYING MORE THAN 100
SUSPECTS WHO BROKE INTO THE
STORE.
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE HAVE
RECEIVED ABOUT 450 TIPS HELPING
IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO BROKE INTO
THE WALMART ON MAY 30th.
THEY ARE POURING THROUGH CELL
PHONE VIDEOS TAKEN BY WITNESSES
AND SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE
FROM INSIDE THE STORE.
WHEN YOU STEP IN FRONT
INSIDE THAT BUSINESS, YOU HAVE
COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT.
Reporter: THEY ADDED NINE
NEW PICTURES SHOWING LOOTERS
FROM THAT NIGHT, MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE IN ALL.
THIS POST IS NEARLY 50,000
SHARES ON FACEBOOK.
OFFICER STRICKLAND SAYS SOCIAL
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY TIPS ARE
HELPING THEM IDENTIFY THE
SUSPECTS.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IF IT
WERE NOT FOR THE COMMUNITY
SUPPORT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS
TO HELP BRING JUSTICE AND THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO TURN PEOPLE IN
AND CRIME STOPPERS IS THE WAY
TO DO IT.
WE OFFER CASH REWARDS.
Reporter: MANY OF THE
WALMART LOOTERS ALSO BROUGHT
BROKE INTO OTHER STORES THAT
NIGHT.
THIS WASN'T UNIQUE JUST TO
THIS WALMART.
IT APPEARED HE WERE GOING PLACE
TO PLACE TO PLACE.
Reporter: THAT CASH REWARD
IS UP TO $1000 FOR TIPS THAT
LEAD TO AN ARREST.
POLICE SAY THEY ARE CLOSE TO
ARRESTING AT LEAST SEVERAL OF
THE SUSPECTS FROM THAT NIGHT
AND THEY DO SAY ANYONE WHO
