Looters' Raid On Soho Camera Store Netted $500K, Cops Say

SOHO, MANHATTAN — Cops released photos Thursday of several suspects in the ransacking of a high-end camera store, which lost half a million amid a night of looting in SoHo.

Between 20 and 25 people snatched camera equipment, computers and checks worth $550,000 at the Leica Store SoHo on West Broadway throughout the night of May 31, the first of several nights of widespread looting in the neighborhood, cops said.

More than 250 people would be arrested that night throughout the city, according to police. The night of looting led Mayor Bill de Blasio to put in place a much-criticized curfew on the city as looters capitalized on police brutality protests spurred by the death of George Floyd.

At the Leica store, looters broke in around 10:15 p.m., when one man through an object through the front door. Once inside, he took camera equipment and then rode away on a Citi Bike down West Broadway, police said.

The 20 to 25 others ran into the store through the broken open door after he'd left, police said.

Police released photos of three suspects:

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