{"id":270075,"date":"2026-08-22T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270075\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:08:13","slug":"zymire-hughes-suspected-in-la-area-after-alleged-philadelphia-mask-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270075\/","title":{"rendered":"Zymire Hughes suspected in LA area after alleged Philadelphia mask attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The man accused of terrorizing and threatening people in downtown Philadelphia<\/a> last week while wearing a creepy Chucky-style mask could be in the Los Angeles area, law enforcement officials said.<\/p>\n

Zymire Hughes, 22, has deep work and personal ties to LA and may already be present in that area, FOX Los Angeles reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video captured Hughes packing his bags and exiting his apartment complex this week, the news outlet reported. Authorities said he frequently travels back and forth to Los Angeles<\/a> and Las Vegas, leading investigators to believe he could be in the region.<\/p>\n

POLICE IDENTIFY SUSPECT ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING PHILADELPHIA WOMEN WHILE WEARING CREEPY CHUCKY-STYLE MASK<\/a><\/p>\n

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The masked suspect is identified as 22-year-old Zymire Hughes. An arrest warrant is active, police say. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n

However, investigators have not determined his whereabouts. He is being sought by the Philadelphia Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement agencies in Southern California and Nevada were monitoring transportation stations and following up on any reported sightings of Hughes.<\/p>\n

Hughes was identified Thursday as the masked suspect<\/a> who allegedly approached, chased and threatened several people in the early morning hours of Aug. 12 in Philadelphia while filming the strange encounters<\/a> on a cellphone.<\/p>\n

He was on probation and now faces felony and misdemeanor assault charges<\/a> from last week’s incident.<\/p>\n

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A side-by-side image released by police shows a suspect wearing a “Chucky-style” mask and surveillance footage of him allegedly pursuing a victim near Philadelphia’s City Hall. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n

In one incident, Hughes allegedly asked a 40-year-old female jogger: “Are you ready to die?” while holding his hand behind his back, prompting her to flee. She sustained a leg injury that will require extensive treatment, police said.<\/p>\n

“Zymire Hughes was trying to scare people, make them run. Who’s scared now? Who’s running now?” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said during a news conference Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a punk. I mean, that\u2019s the bottom line. He\u2019s a punk who scared a lot of people for no good reason, and we\u2019re not going to tolerate it.”<\/p>\n

TIMELINE REVEALS HOW MAN IN ‘CHUCKY’ MASK TERRORIZED PHILADELPHIA STREETS, EVADED POLICE<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators said they believe Hughes may have been trying to create social media content in an effort to monetize it.<\/p>\n

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“There wasn’t an attempt by himself to lay hands on anyone,” Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He didn’t brandish any weapon, although, in the case of the jogger, he did have his right arm behind his back, implying that he had a weapon. But at no point in time did he furnish a weapon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man accused of terrorizing and threatening people in downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,26506,1250,85761,69,71,70,1427,593],"class_list":["post-270075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-crime","tag-justice-department","tag-los-angeles","tag-manhunt","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270075","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=270075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}