Philadelphia woman says she used stage combat training to fight off masked man chasing residents

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Jameka Wilson says art school stage combat training prepared her to fight off a man in a Chucky-style mask who was terrorizing Philadelphia residents in an early-morning spree. A Philadelphia woman's art school training came in handy in an unexpected way as she was chased through the streets of Philadelphia by a man wearing a doll mask. Jameka Wilson, a 25-year-old Philadelphia-based actress, said a man in what police described as a "Chucky" Halloween mask chased her while she was on her way to an early morning workout class on Wednesday, Aug. 12. After the man chased her for "a few seconds," Wilson said, she decided that the wisest thing to do in the scenario was turn around and fight. "He seemed surprised that I had turned around initially," Wilson said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I saw his head like tilt from side to side, like trying