HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point police need help to identify two people caught on surveillance video trying to set a business on fire.
Police got a call at Feeling My Wear on North Centennial Street around 4 a.m. on December 21.
Investigators said the two broke the front glass doors with a rock and then threw two Molotov cocktails inside, trying to set the place on fire. One of the bottles broke, and the other did not. Another unused Molotov cocktail was left outside the store, police said.
Assistant Fire Chief Mike Levins with the High Point Fire Department said this could've been a deadly incident.
"It doesn’t always work like it does in Hollywood," Levins explained. "So thank goodness {the suspects} didn’t know what they were doing."
He said the Molotov cocktails were faulty.
"The fuses came out of the bottles, I don’t think it was lit properly."
Feeling My Wear store owner Veronica Quick said she doesn't know why someone would target her, because she does so much for the community.
"I was very shocked," Quick stated. "It took a big toll out of me because it was right here in the pandemic, you know it was a couple of days before Christmas. I gave away 500 masks to the community at the start of the pandemic."
Her spirits are still up even though half of her merchandise was ruined by the aroma of gas, and the store sustained about $10,000 dollars worth of damage.
"I'm still going to be there for the community, give back, and be strong you know because women and my kids look up to me."
Police said there was no fire. They're now trying to identify the people caught on video. Check out the three different angles of surveillance video below to see if you can identify them.
"This is not right these people are going after businesses they have a tough enough time keeping business open with COVID-19," Levins said adamantly. "These retailers are trying to make a living and this not only would have taken out that business but probably the whole strip mall there itself."