Philadelphia police are investigating a bizarre case of vehicle vandalism in Center City.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:45AM
The suspect targeted various cars between between 9th and 11th streets Tuesday, causing damage and destruction."He stepped up on the first car jumped up on the hood, then two legs jumped on the windshield," explained Isabella Giglio who witnessed the incident. "The front of my SUV, the whole vehicle was stomped in. The gentleman got on top of my car, in the video, and stomped his right or left foot to smash in my windshield," said Catie Mason.
Victims were shocked about how much damage was done in a matter of minutes. Some drivers had only parked their cars just minutes before this happened. "I had parked maybe not even 10 minutes and came back to my car and saw that it had been vandalized," said Mason.All of the damaged vehicles were unsafe to drive."It was loud the smashing of the windshield and his yelling was pretty loud," said Giglio."Considering this is the second time this year something like this has happened, at this point, I shrug my shoulders," said Gary Love.The suspect has not been arrested.Copyright © 2024 WPVI-TV.
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