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St. Louis County Police ask public to identify looters in new video

Yamiche Alcindor
USA TODAY
Sonny Dayan, a owner of cell phone and electronic  store cleans up after protesters when on looting and burned business in Ferguson after the grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, in the shooting of Michael Brown.

St. Louis County Police hope surveillance video and photos of a store being looted will help them catch some of the more than 180 people suspected in the crime.

Wednesday, police posted a video that they say is a recording of Dellwood Market being looted on Nov. 24, the same day a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, the white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old.

"More than 180 suspects looted the Dellwood Market following the grand jury decision on November 24, 2014," St. Louis County Police say in a note posted on the YouTube video." If you can identify any of these suspects, please contact the St. Louis County Police at 314-889-2341 or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477."

Police posted the images and video on Facebook and YouTube.

Earlier this month, authorities sought help from the public identifying looters in photos and video. But, police haven't made any arrests from previously released surveillance images but have positively identified six suspects from video of a gas station and a liquor store being looted the night of the grand jury decision, said Shawn McGuire, a spokesman for the St. Louis County Police Department.

Those suspects are wanted for questioning and will be taken into custody if they come into contact with police, McGuire said.

He added that detectives are following up on 15 other leads from the gas station surveillance video. Authorities also plan to release surveillance video and images weekly as they continue to seek the public's help in apprehending looters.

"We really want to take the time for the public to look at each video each week," McGuire said. "We are giving every business an opportunity for the public to help them and to help us."

After the grand jury's decision, rioters looted and burned down more than a dozen businesses in the St. Louis area. Police cars and stores were set on fire and gunfire was heard as bricks were hurled in the air.

Police have said that in August a scuffle broke out after Wilson asked Brown and a friend to move out of the street. Wilson told investigators he shot Brown only after the teenager reached for the officer's gun. Some witnesses said Brown had run away from Wilson, then turned and raised his hands in the air in a gesture of surrender before he was shot in the head and chest.

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