The police have finally apprehended the man who was terrorizing the residents of one Philadelphia community.
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The police in Las Vegas arrested the man, identified as 22-year-old Zymire Hughes, on Tuesday (August 25) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hughes had been chasing Philly residents while wearing a Chucky-doll-style mask.
Man Wearing Chucky Mask Arrested in Las Vegas
The assailant had fled the Philadelphia community that had been terrorizing people via a flight to Orlando, Florida. From there, he took another flight to Harry Reid International Airport in Vegas. Investigators ultimately hunted him down at an apartment in Southeast Las Vegas.
Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said that investigators had been tracking the masked assailant since last Friday (August 21).
"We've actually worked on this since last Friday. They worked through the weekend. And we just tried to narrow things down to a point today where everything came together," said Clark after Hughes' arrest.
Philadelphia Police Captain Jason Smith initially told reporters at a presser earlier this month that Hughes had targeted six people in a span of 20 minutes. Including one woman who was jogging when he asked if she was "ready to die?" Smith added that the woman injured her leg after she took off running and screaming for help.
The masked assailant also allegedly visited a local Dunkin Donuts store just after 5:20 am that same morning. However, he was refused service by the employees because of his "erratic" behaviour.
Hughes also appeared to be filming his encounters with his victims. Looking to score a viral moment.
With this being a viral story over the past couple of weeks, the news of Hughes' arrest went viral on social media.
"Doing whole street movie antics in broad daylight will get the grid pulled up on you real fast," one user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Glad Philly police got this Chucky copycat off the streets. Our neighborhoods deserve peace, not horror movie gimmicks," a second user chimed in.
"This is damaging people psychologically. Scaring people near death should be punishable by law and treated as attempted murder or something similar," a third user remarked.
Hughes is facing a slew of charges, including terroristic threats, harassment, simple assault, and intimidation.
