Philadelphia police have identified the masked suspect wanted in connection with assaults near 15th Street and JFK Boulevard on Aug. 12 as 22-year-old Zymire Hughes. Police say an arrest warrant is active and that Hughes may have left Pennsylvania. Investigators say he has ties to California and Nevada.
\n\nPHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police have identified a man they say was wanted for threatening and chasing people near City Hall last week.
\n\nPolice shared a photo of 22-year-old Zymire Hughes on social media Thursday, stating that he was wanted in connection with the Aug. 12 assaults.
\n\nPolice say the incidents happened early in the morning near City Hall at 15th Streets and John F. Kennedy Boulevard around 5 a.m. last Wednesday.
\n\nDuring those encounters, the suspect approached several people while wearing a ‘Chucky-like' mask, and appeared to antagonize them. In one incident that was captured on video the suspect could be seen chasing a woman down the street, and continuing to chase her when she turned around and changed direction.
\n\nPolice are searching for Zymire Hughes, 22, in connection with a series of assaults near City Hall last week.
\n\nPolice said the man was seen entering a Dunkin Donuts in the 1500…
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