{"id":186715,"date":"2026-05-08T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186715\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:20:11","slug":"philadelphia-police-seek-man-who-punched-woman-near-upenn-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/186715\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia police seek man who punched woman near UPenn on video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A man was captured on video last month suddenly lunging at a woman and punching her in the face during a late-night corner store attack just blocks from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia police announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

Officials said the suspect allegedly spat on the woman before tackling her around 11 p.m. on April 22 in University City, a student-dense neighborhood<\/a> with high foot traffic but is typically considered safe.<\/p>\n

The confrontation reportedly stemmed from a verbal argument that escalated inside the store.<\/p>\n

“The argument escalates and the male spits on the woman and begins punching her in the face before leaving the scene in an unknown direction,” officials said.<\/p>\n

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A male suspect confronts and assaults a female victim inside a convenience store on the 4000 block of Market Street in Philadelphia on April 22, 2026. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n

Police have released surveillance video of the altercation and said they are still searching for the male suspect, who was wearing all black clothing and a hat featuring a logo of the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the footage, both the suspect and the victim had entered the store at the same time, with the man trailing behind the woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the woman continued walking down a store aisle, the suspect appeared to linger near the entrance and began arguing with her, visibly agitated.<\/p>\n

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Police released a close-up image of a suspect wanted for a violent physical encounter that left a woman injured in Philadelphia on April 22, 2026. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n

After the woman responded, video showed the man charging forward and throwing several forceful punches to her head, causing her to slam into store shelves and collapse on the floor.<\/p>\n

As the violence erupted<\/a>, a nearby bystander and an employee tried to confront the two but were ultimately unable to intervene.<\/p>\n

A friend who was accompanying the suspect also appeared on camera, attempting to pull the suspect back from the attack.<\/p>\n

The pair then fled the scene immediately afterward.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia authorities are searching for a man who fled a University City store after punching a woman in the face on April 22, 2026. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n

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Police said the female victim suffered several injuries. She has been connected with victim assistance and advocacy services, according to Fox 29 Philadelphia, citing the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the man is urged to call 215-686-TIPS or Southwest Detectives at 215-686-3183.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man was captured on video last month suddenly lunging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1594,6813,28,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-186715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-college","tag-crime-world","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}