Politics · Police ManhuntPhiladelphia Manhunt For Dollface Mask Suspect Filming Street ThreatsAired August 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Philadelphia police are [music] hunting0:01a masked suspect described as 16 to 200:04years old and wearing a doll-face mask0:06[music] accused of stalking and0:07threatening at least half a dozen0:09pedestrians while filming the0:10encounters.0:17A female jogger was stalked and told,0:19"Are you ready to die?" One of several0:21confrontations where people were0:22threatened or [music] chased while the0:23camera appeared to be running for social0:25media. The pattern involves approaching0:27people on foot, issuing threats, and0:29chasing them with the filming appearing0:31to be part of the motive. At least half0:32a dozen people have been threatened or0:34chased with the total still being0:36assessed as video and reports are0:37reviewed. Chilling surveillance video of0:40the masked figure was released on August0:4219th [music]0:43and is now central to efforts to0:45identify the person wearing the mask.0:47The Philadelphia Special Investigations0:49Unit and Intelligence Units are scouring0:51that surveillance video and social0:53platforms. [music] The public has been0:54warned to stay alert and the suspect0:56will face multiple charges when caught.0:58The identity and location remain unknown1:00with no arrest reported [music]1:02and it is not yet known whether anyone1:03was physically injured, where any videos1:05were posted, or what exact [music]1:07charges will be brought. The account so1:08far comes from a single police source1:10video report from August 19th [music]1:12without independent confirmation of1:13injuries or recovered posted videos as1:15the search continues.1:17Like and follow for more stories that1:19matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗