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A man believed to have committed murder after attending a concert by Boot Camp Click member Sean Price has surrendered to Canadian police.
Reuters reports that authorities used the popular web site YouTube to help find George Gallow, a 24-year-old Hamilton resident who is seen in a video posted on the site arriving at a local nightclub for the November performance, wearing a baseball cap with the word “Joker" on the front.
Gallow, who turned himself into police last week, is charged with second degree murder and attempted murder.
He is accused of stabbing 22-year-old Ryan Milner and his friend in a parking lot after the show.
Hamilton authorities revealed they uploaded the one-minute and 12 second clip from a surveillance tape onto YouTube and that the video has been viewed more than 30,000 times since it arrived on the site.
"This is an unfortunate incident with disturbing results, but speaks volumes to the power of YouTube," Dru Ha told AllHipHop.com. "We've been aggressively marketing Sean Price's Jesus Price album on YouTube and it seems the police can use our own marketing tactics to assist with their investigations."
The circumstances surrounding Gallow's capture mark the first time Hamilton police have used a video Web posting in an investigation, according to Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso, who told reporters that he believed, to the best of his knowledge, that it was also "the first time that law enforcement has ever used it as a direct investigative tool."
YouTube's popularity among young people prompted police to utilize the site in its efforts.
Source: allhiphop.com
Reuters reports that authorities used the popular web site YouTube to help find George Gallow, a 24-year-old Hamilton resident who is seen in a video posted on the site arriving at a local nightclub for the November performance, wearing a baseball cap with the word “Joker" on the front.
Gallow, who turned himself into police last week, is charged with second degree murder and attempted murder.
He is accused of stabbing 22-year-old Ryan Milner and his friend in a parking lot after the show.
Hamilton authorities revealed they uploaded the one-minute and 12 second clip from a surveillance tape onto YouTube and that the video has been viewed more than 30,000 times since it arrived on the site.
"This is an unfortunate incident with disturbing results, but speaks volumes to the power of YouTube," Dru Ha told AllHipHop.com. "We've been aggressively marketing Sean Price's Jesus Price album on YouTube and it seems the police can use our own marketing tactics to assist with their investigations."
The circumstances surrounding Gallow's capture mark the first time Hamilton police have used a video Web posting in an investigation, according to Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso, who told reporters that he believed, to the best of his knowledge, that it was also "the first time that law enforcement has ever used it as a direct investigative tool."
YouTube's popularity among young people prompted police to utilize the site in its efforts.
Source: allhiphop.com