{"id":277594,"date":"2026-09-02T21:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277594\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:16:18","slug":"videos-reveal-capture-of-philadelphias-masked-man-in-las-vegas-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277594\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos reveal capture of Philadelphia\u2019s masked man in Las Vegas \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police body camera video the NBC10 Investigators obtained<\/a> reveals how authorities tracked down a man accused of terrorizing people in Philadelphia while wearing a mask.<\/p>\n

The NBC10 Investigators obtained videos showing Las Vegas Metropolitan police assisting U.S. Marshals in the search for 22-year-old Zymire Hughes, who is accused of a series of incidents that drew widespread attention in Center City.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Zymire Hughes, 22, in Nevada on Tuesday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 12, a man police identified as Hughes was recorded on video terrorizing several people in Center City, according to Philadelphia police.<\/p>\n

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Zymire Hughes, 22, appears in Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

Officials said Hughes, who was wearing a “Chucky doll Halloween-style facemask,” threatened a man who was crouching down with his hands up in a “pleading motion.” He was also captured on video chasing after a woman as she jogged, police said.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, Hughes got in front of the woman while holding a phone and repeatedly asked her, “Are you ready to die?”<\/p>\n

The woman ran away, screaming for help and injured her right hamstring and spine in the process, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In all, Hughes threatened or harassed more than 15 people in Center City that morning, according to investigators.<\/p>\n

According to U.S. Marshals, Hughes then left Philadelphia and traveled to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Before Hughes’ arrest, body camera video showed Las Vegas police entering a convenience store looking for a woman who they believed knew where he was staying.<\/p>\n

NBC10 is not identifying the woman because she has not been charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

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A still photo of a masked man police identified as Zymire Hughes.<\/p>\n

In the video, officers handcuff the woman and escort her outside, where they ask whether Hughes is inside a nearby apartment.<\/p>\n

“Is Zymire inside?” an officer asks.<\/p>\n

“Yeah,” the woman responds.<\/p>\n

Officers then ask whether Hughes is inside the apartment, and the woman offers to have him come outside.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA man accused of terrorizing people around Philadelphia City Hall was arrested in Las Vegas on Tuesday. NBC10’s Shaira Arias has the story.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Police tell the woman they want Hughes to surrender peacefully and explain that if he refuses to come outside voluntarily, authorities could seek a search warrant.<\/p>\n

“We’re either going to have you call him and he’s going to come outside, or they’re going to go kick in the door with a search warrant,” an officer tells her.<\/p>\n

The woman tells officers Hughes’ phone is broken and suggests she had been seeing videos about him on social media.<\/p>\n

In another exchange, officers ask what she believes they are investigating.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNBC10’s Brian Sheehan digs deeper into the past of a man accused of terrorizing people in Center City while wearing a baby doll mask.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

“Just based off what the social media is saying,” she responds.<\/p>\n

Authorities ultimately located Hughes at the apartment complex. Video obtained by NBC10 shows him in handcuffs outside the building after his arrest.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marshals said Hughes surrendered peacefully after more than a week on the run.<\/p>\n

Hughes remains in custody in Nevada while Pennsylvania officials work to return him to Philadelphia to face charges.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tU.S. Marshals ServiceU.S. Marshals Service<\/p>\n

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Zymire Hughes, 22, in Nevada on Tuesday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

The woman seen in the body camera footage did not respond to NBC10’s request for comment regarding her connection to Hughes.<\/p>\n

Under the extradition process, Pennsylvania has several weeks to return Hughes to the Commonwealth. If that deadline is not met, a Nevada judge could order his release from custody pending further proceedings.<\/p>\n

Hughes is expected to face several charges, including aggravated assault, terroristic threats, simple assault and related offenses. He declined an interview request from jail.<\/p>\n

NBC10 investigative reporter David Charns can be reached at david.charns@nbcuni.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police body camera video the NBC10 Investigators obtained reveals how authorities tracked down a man accused of terrorizing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4993,12223,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-277594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-las-vegas","tag-nbc10-investigators","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277594","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=277594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}