Suspect in Chucky-style mask wanted on assault in Philadelphia after chasing jogger, police say

Philadelphia police asked for the public’s help to find a man wanted on assault who donned a Chucky-style horror mask and “made threatening comments” while chasing a woman near City Hall, officials said Tuesday.

The strange but terrifying incident unfolded around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday,when a 40-year-old female jogger in athletic wear “was chased by a masked offender” near 1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia police said in a statement.

The masked person held a phone in front of the woman and repeatedly asked, “Are you ready to die?” police told NBC Philadelphia.

“The offender made threatening comments as they approached causing the complainant to stumble and sustain injury,” the police statement said.

The masked person was last seen ducking into SEPTA’s Suburban Station.

Police believe the masked person is a man who is about 5-foot-8 and from 16 to 20 years old, “wearing a white baby doll style Halloween mask with black hair, and a black/blue plaid backpack,” according to the statement.

Investigators released video and images of the masked person.

Philadelphia police Capt. Jason Smith told NBC Philadelphia that the person was wearing a “Chucky doll Halloween-style facemask,” referencing the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” horror movie franchise.

There had been no arrests as of Tuesday morning.

Police warned in the statement that if “you see this suspect do not approach, contact 911 immediately.”

NBC News Top Stories wp:paragraph