$30,000 REWARD

The reward has been increased to $30,000 for a tip that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the kidnapping of the owner of W.E. Willis Grocery and the shooting of his wife by five masked men, according to the victims' daughter.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying the people pictured in the surveillance photos taken from a camera outside of W.E. Willis Grocery on Sept. 25.

Five masked men attacked the owner of the store, kidnapped him and then burglarized and shot the man's wife inside a home on Sweetgum Road.

Investigators "hope that the community might recognize clothing or any other particularity available in the pictures.

The daughter of the victims, Chandra Willis-Kasa said there is a $30,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the those responsible.

That includes a Crime Stoppers reward of up to $2,000.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Greenville at 23-CRIME.