PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police said they have identified the person who has been terrorizing people around City Hall while wearing a Chucky-style Halloween mask.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Zymire Hughes in connection with the acts of harassment. Police said it’s possible that he may have fled Pennsylvania, and he has ties to California and Nevada.
Police said the masked individual harassed and threatened at least six people in Center City last week. Surveillance video shows the person running after a woman during her morning jog.
At one point, he asked her, “Are you ready to die?”
Philadelphia Police Department
Police don’t believe the suspect physically assaulted anyone. They also said he harassed people indiscriminately, rather than targeting particular individuals.
Police did not observe him with a weapon, but said he had his hand behind his back while threatening the jogger.
Hughes would likely face charges of terroristic threats, harassment, simple assault, reckless endangerment and intimidation.
‘Pow!’ Woman recalls fending off man in creepy mask in Center City
While a man in a creepy mask terrorized people around City Hall, one woman decided to take him on.
Jameka Wilson said she kicked the masked man square in the chest after she saw him chase people around City Hall and head her way.
