Philadelphia authorities Thursday identified a 22-year-old whom they called a “punk,” saying they believe he donned a scary “Chucky-style Halloween mask” and made threatening comments while he was chasing a woman near City Hall, officials said.
\n\nAn arrest warrant was issued for Zymire Hughes, with authorities saying he may have fled Pennsylvania while having “ties to California and Nevada,” police said in a statement.
\n\n“There is nobody in the world who should be trying to imitate what this scared man, who’s running, is doing now,” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner told reporters.
\n\n“He’s a punk. I mean, that’s the bottom line. He’s a punk who scared a lot of people for no good reason, and we’re not going to tolerate it.”
\n\nThe suspect, who has work connections in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, was spotted two nights ago leaving his apartment building with packed bags, police said.
\n\nThe strange incident unfolded around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday last week, when a 40-year-old female jogger in athletic wear “was chased by a masked offender” near 1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia police said.
\n\nThe masked man is alleged to have held up a phone and repeatedly asked the fleeing woman, “Are you ready…
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