PUBLIC ASKED TO HELP IDENTIFY MORE PEOPLE FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS DURING RIOTING
day of continue surveillance La released Mesa working police another photos to on identify as batch Tues- they people during a spotted night of looting on camera and rioting four photos months ago. released
The include images
Tuesday from Pierre’s Jewelers and La
Mesa Springs Shopping Center from May hit 30 both or May 31.
Looters sites.
Among the hard-hit stores was a newly opened Play it
Again Sports, the site of theft and fire that night.
Police have said they documented more than 50 crimes — including arson, vandalism and theft — in the
May 30 and May 31 tumult that followed peaceful demonstrations calling out policing bias and racial injustice in the days after the death of
George Floyd. The La Mesa
Police Department was a target for protests after video of the arrest of a Black man near a trolley station in the city a few days earlier went viral.
After an afternoon of protest, nightfall brought chaos, with several businesses looted and set ablaze. Two
banks People Hall. burned also broke to the into ground. City
Tips already helped police identify five people — who turned out to be juveniles — featured in photos released last week, Runge said. None of the five youths are La Mesa residents, but live elsewhere in San Diego County.
Police asked that anyone who knows the identity of the people in the newly released surveillance images contact
the ment La at Mesa (619) Police 667-7532 Depart- or lamesatips@cityoflamesa.us.
Anonymous tips can be left by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or go to sdcrimestoppers.org.
Tipsters who provide information that leads to an arrest could be eligible for a reward from Crime Stoppers of up to $1,000.