Someone stole unreleased Beyoncé music from a car in Atlanta. What to know about the investigation

A choreographer and a dancer traveling with Beyonc for her concerts in Atlanta left their rental car in a parking garage for an hour while grabbing a bite then returned to find a broken window and both of their suitcases stolen They lost more than just clothing sunglasses and headphones According to an Atlanta police assessment the thief also made off with thumb drives containing the singer s unreleased music Police say they have identified a suspect but they hadn t released any arrests as of Tuesday Here s what we know about Beyonc s stolen music The break-in and robbery The theft was announced July which was two days before Beyonc kicked off four nights of concerts at Atlanta s Mercedes-Benz Stadium as part of tour of the U S and Europe in advocacy of her Grammy-winning album Cowboy Carter Beyonc s choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue called police after dining at a restaurant at a retail complex a meager miles kilometers east of the downtown Atlanta stadium They commented their rented Jeep Wagoneer had been broken into while parked in a nearby garage They had left it for about an hour after stopping to eat shortly after p m Among the things that were stolen were two suitcases a pair of sunglasses Apple headphones two Apple laptops and five thumb drives according to the police assessment They have my computers and it s really really critical information in there one of the men advised a operator in a recording circulated by police I work with um someone who s like of a high status and I really need my computer and everything Grant stated officers at the scene that he and Blue work for Beyonc and that he had been carrying several personal sensitive information for the musician The police assessment declared the thumb drives contained watermarked music unreleased music footage plans for the show and past and future set list s A representative for Beyonce did not promptly respond to a request for comment Tuesday Police zero in on a suspect Investigators have secured an arrest warrant for a suspect police stated in a news release Monday They did not release the suspect s name but mentioned the person was at large The caller who isn t identified on the issued recording noted that one of the stolen laptops had tracking solution enabled The police description says officers canvassed an area by following signals from the laptop and the stolen headphones Although it s unclear what evidence following the tracking signals yielded the police description lists a red Hyundai Elantra as a practicable suspect car It also says an officer inspecting Grant and Blue s rented Jeep was able to retrieve two very light fingerprints The police analysis also mentioned that cameras captured the happening at the garage Car break-ins are common in Atlanta As thousands of Atlanta residents and visitors learn every year thieves commonly target parked cars with luggage and other promising valuables left in sight There were thefts from vehicles disclosed to Atlanta police in and more have been announced since January Police recorded thefts from cars during the week before Beyonce s unreleased music was released stolen Take your bags phone and anything pivotal with you every time you leave your car police declared in their news release about the thefts from Beyonce s choreographer and dancer Don t give criminals an easy win