Photos of "people of interest" connected to the alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett were released by the Chicago Police Department Wednesday night. The police department said earlier Wednesday that they reviewed hundreds of hours of footage from downtown surveillance cameras, but had yet to find footage of the alleged attack. But hours later Chicago Police's Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi released two photos of those possibly connected to the alleged beating on Twitter. FOOTAGE OF 'EMPIRE' ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT'S ALLEGED ATTACK SOUGHT BY POLICE"Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime," the Chicago police said in a statement after the alleged attack. The actor told Ellen DeGeneres in 2015 that he identifies as gay but does not discuss his personal life in public.

Source: Fox News January 31, 2019 02:33 UTC