South Philadelphia neighbors alarmed after masked man seen on roofs overnight

A South Philadelphia resident checking a trail camera meant to monitor raccoons instead discovered footage of a man walking across their roof deck around 2 a.m. Saturday, prompting concern among neighbors.

“I check it every now and then, and I checked it and saw that 2 in the morning Friday night going into Saturday morning, there was some guy on my roof, on my roof deck,” said the resident, who asked not to be identified.

Another neighbor, Bill Fitch, said he saw the same man that night, right around the same time.

“He looked down at me, and I thought maybe it’s just a guy on a roof in the middle of the night,” Fitch said. “I don’t know, I gave him the benefit of the doubt for no reason. But later, when we went upstairs, I saw him clearly with a ski mask on up on the roofs, with a flashlight, looking to like gain entry into stuff. Like he was checking windows.”…

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