Well, that's embarrassing.
Criminal investigations are not something you want to crowd-source.
Frankly, we should all be terrified. I talked with busy-bodies before. My neighbor was one too. They have uses, but that behavior should remain an oddity and not a permanent feature of society.
It is asking for real trouble.
Now, I'm not blind to the fact that the justice system in any country is flawed. That said, it's far less flawed than a group of people with metaphorical torches listening to the guy on the largest soapbox.
Nomen est omen. Normative determinism strikes again. Frame is gonna frame.
Generally, if there is no harm, then there is no liability.
In this case, there may be a case for defamation, but if the company only reported that the police were looking for a particular suspect, which was true, then maybe not.