Overview

• Six teenagers, all students at Germantown’s Anthony Wayne Academy, face charges including aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and conspiracy.
• The attacks occurred on the afternoon of November 19 across multiple locations in Center City, Philadelphia, leaving four victims with injuries ranging from bruises to a concussion.
• The spree began with an assault on a homeless man, followed by attacks on a 24-year-old woman, a 31-year-old man, and a 40-year-old woman, all within approximately an hour.
• Surveillance footage released by police led to the teens turning themselves in, accompanied by their parents, on November 21 and 22.
• Investigators have not identified a motive for the seemingly random attacks, noting that none of the teens had prior arrests.