Pollice search for suspect in Hollywood restaurant arson attempt NBC Bay Area [Video]

Police are trying to identify a man who tried to burn down a Florida family-owned restaurant with a Molotov cocktail in late June.

Surveillance video from June 24 shows a red car pulling up in an alley behind the Broadwalk Restaurant in Hollywood. Once the car comes to a full stop, a man wearing dark clothing gets out, lights a bottle on fire, and throws it toward the back of the business. The arsonist then gets back in his car and takes off.

The restaurant has been here for over two decades and the owner doesn’t know why anybody would try to burn it down.

“I was in shock – we’ve been here for 22 years and never had anything like this happen to us,” owner Danielle Thomas said. “We’re a well-known family-owned restaurant, we just never had any issues with anybody or anything.”

Fortunately, the restaurant wasn’t damaged.

“If the place caught on fire …