But here is what I don't understand. The barista saw the perp up close so she should have been able to ID him from the pics.
They're calling this guy a person of interest. Why don't they know he is the shooter????
Good ole’ Miranda. Suspects get warnings. These days you try to get as far as possible into the investigation before the guy clams up on you.
Whether she ID’d him or not, she’s potentially at risk until he’s in custody, so I suspect you won’t find that out until trial.
These days it seems police don’t call someone a suspect unless they’re in custody or unless it’s absolutely obvious they committed the crime. Probably a smart thing to do because of all the defense lawyers who will use that against police in a variety of ways later on in court. It’s wise to wait. Let witnesses pick him out of a lineup (hopefully a lineup of dead people), then call him a suspect (hopefully, a dead suspect).