On Wednesday, Chicago PD released a screen grab from a surveillance video that shows persons of interest in Jussie Smollett‘s assault case.
As we reported, the Empire star was allegedly the victim of a possible hate crime when two white men fractured one of his ribs, put a noose around his neck, poured a substance believed to be bleach on him, and yelled, “This is MAGA country.” He was discharged from the hospital Tuesday morning.
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As seen on Twitter, Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi released the following images of two people who were in the area of the alleged assault. Unfortunately, the video does not capture the alleged encounter.
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
According to TMZ, the two (above) individuals were walking on New Street near the intersection of E. Illinois Street between 1:30 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. They are about a block away from the Subway restaurant Jussie had gone to Tuesday morning.
Authorities want to speak to the possible suspects to determine if they witnessed or were involved in the incident.
[Image via Brian To/WENN.]
