Philadelphia police asked for the public’s help to find a man wanted on assault who donned a Chucky-style horror mask and “made threatening comments” while chasing a woman near City Hall, officials said Tuesday.
\n\nThe strange but terrifying incident unfolded around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, 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 in a statement.
\n\nThe masked person held a phone in front of the woman and repeatedly asked, “Are you ready to die?” police told NBC Philadelphia.
\n\n“The offender made threatening comments as they approached causing the complainant to stumble and sustain injury,” the police statement said.
\n\nThe masked person was last seen ducking into SEPTA’s Suburban Station.
\n\nPolice believe the masked person is a man who is about 5-foot-8 and from 16 to 20 years old, “wearing a white baby doll style Halloween mask with black hair, and a black/blue plaid backpack,” according to the statement.
\n\nInvestigators released video and images of the masked person.
\n\nPhiladelphia police Capt. Jason Smith told NBC Philadelphia that the person was wearing a “Chucky doll Halloween-style facemask,” referencing the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” horror movie…
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