Law enforcement officials have released surveilance footage in the hopes of identifying a man who, police claim, was engaged in an argument at a gas station in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park community on Jan. 21, 2026, and left the scene, before returning to the scene and making threats with a firearm.
Police shared surveillance video from the incident on social media on Wednesday.
According to police, the incident unfolded at about 1:54 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, at a Luke Oil gas station, located on the 4400 block of North Broad Street.
At that time, officials said, a man — described by police as being about 40 to 50 years old, bald and having a medium build, while wearing a gray hoodie and blue sweatpants — was allegedly engaged in an altercation with another customer and employees at the gas station.
In the midst of this argument, officials said, the man allegedly said he was going to “come back with a gun” and he left the scene.
However, about 15 minutes later, the man returned to the gas station to find the customer he had been in an argument with had left, officials said.
The man, as can be seen on the surveillance footage, then entered the gas station and aimed a gun at a worker in the shop.
The man, police said, also made threats to the worker at that time.
After making threats, officials said the man left the station on foot headed eastbound on West Wingohocking Street.
Police are asking anyone who may have information on this individual to contact the Philadelphia Police Department’s Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353/3354 or contact the department’s tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).