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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A violent crime spree has police on the hunt for a young suspect.
Police say the gun-toting suspect kept busy, victimizing five people in less than 24 hours.
But that’s not the most shocking part of this crime spree. What has everyone talking is how young the suspect looked.
“About 12 years old? Quite young. Very young.”
Eyewitness News spoke to one of the victims. For her protection, we are not identifying her.
“Suddenly a guy comes up to me from behind on a bicycle, a school kid in fact.”
She says it happened to her in broad daylight, the suspect demanded money.
“I mean I was stunned. I said no and then he pulled out a gun and pointed it towards me.”
We’re told the suspect struck on 46th and 47th streets between Chestnut and Market Streets. Police say the first report came in at 9:45pm Monday, the latest at 3:12pm Tuesday.
Lt. John Walker explained, “Approaches the victims, asks what time it is at which time, he pulls out a gun and asks for money and in all five cases, believe it or not, the victims said they don’t have any money and the male rolled off.”
“I could have easily handled him but because of the gun he had in his hand I couldn’t do anything.”
The victim we talked to says the suspect was scared off by a passing car.
Police worry if the suspect is not caught soon, his nervousness could lead to something more disastrous.
“Our concern is the victims have all described the gun, he does pull out. So we’re concerned that now he has five victims in a short period of time, he hasn’t received any money and is he or is he not going to get any more aggressive?” Lt. Walker said.
The victims told police, the suspect looked between 12 to 14 years-old. In three out of the five cases, the suspect was seen riding a green or blue bicycle.
Anyone with information is asked to call Southwest Detectives at 215-686-3183.