https://www.cnet.com/news/facial-recognition-identified-capital-gazette-shooter-but-tech-has-its-critics/

A controversial facial recognition system let police quickly discover the name of the captured suspect in Thursday's shooting at a Maryland newspaper, officials said.

"We would have been much longer in identifying and being able to push forward in the investigation without that system," Tim Altomare, Anne Arundel county police chief, said at a press conference Thursday.