A two-week search for a man accused of stalking and threatening strangers while disguised behind a terrifying Chucky mask has ended more than 2,000 miles from where the disturbing encounters began.

Federal agents arrested 22-year-old Zymire Hughes at an apartment complex in southeast Las Vegas on Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Hughes was wanted in Pennsylvania following an alleged 15-minute reign of terror near Philadelphia City Hall on August 12. Authorities say at least six people were threatened during the early-morning incidents, including a 40-year-old woman who was chased while jogging.

“Tonight the fear that one man brought to the Philadelphia community comes to an end,” Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said following the arrest.

Hughes has not been convicted of the charges against him and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

The confrontation that attracted national attention began at approximately 5:20 a.m., when a person wearing a mask depicting Chucky—the murderous doll from the horror-film franchise—entered a Dunkin location in central Philadelphia.

An employee reportedly refused to serve him because of his behavior.

Surveillance footage subsequently captured the masked figure running after a woman jogging through the area. Police allege that the suspect kept his hands concealed behind his back, filmed the encounter and made threatening comments.

“Are you ready to die?” he allegedly asked the woman.

The jogger attempted to escape but fell to the ground and suffered an injury, according to police. Authorities have not indicated that she was physically attacked with a weapon.

The footage nevertheless created an unmistakably frightening scene: a woman running through largely empty city streets before sunrise as a masked stranger pursued her.

Investigators later identified Hughes as the alleged masked man and obtained an arrest warrant. He faces charges that include aggravated assault, terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Authorities also connected him to alleged threats involving several other people during the same brief period.

As investigators searched Philadelphia, Hughes was reportedly already preparing to leave.

Police say he had moved to Las Vegas with his girlfriend in February but had traveled to the East Coast to visit relatives. Once authorities began circulating his name and image, Hughes allegedly departed Philadelphia on August 19.

Instead of taking a direct route west, he reportedly boarded a flight from Trenton, New Jersey, to Orlando, Florida, before catching another flight to Las Vegas.

Officials initially suspected that he might be heading for either Nevada or California, where he was believed to have connections.

When he returned to Las Vegas, Hughes apparently avoided the apartment where he had been living. Authorities say he instead stayed at another complex in the southeastern portion of the city after news coverage of the manhunt intensified.

The exact connection between Hughes and that residence has not been disclosed.

Federal agents eventually tracked him to the apartment, where he had allegedly been staying for five days. Members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force established surveillance around the complex on Tuesday.

At approximately 8 p.m., agents moved in.

Clark said Hughes was taken into custody without anyone being injured, although officials also indicated that he attempted to escape before marshals stopped him.

“He was not a happy man being brought into custody,” Clark said.

Hughes is now being held at the Clark County Detention Center pending extradition to Pennsylvania. Once returned to Philadelphia, he will be required to answer the accusations in court.

The arrest brought relief to residents unsettled by images of the masked suspect roaming the city’s streets.

“By hiding behind a Chucky-style Halloween mask, Hughes terrorized Philadelphia residents and believed he could evade law enforcement,” Clark said. “He was wrong.”

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had previously condemned the alleged behavior, emphasizing that authorities would treat the encounters as serious criminal matters regardless of whether the person behind them considered them entertainment.

“We take it very seriously any time someone thinks it is funny or entertaining to terrorize and harass individuals in any neighborhood,” Krasner said.

Investigators have not publicly established what allegedly motivated the incidents. The charges and accounts described by authorities remain allegations that prosecutors must prove.

What is clear is that the frightening footage triggered a search that stretched across multiple states, involved local and federal agencies and ended inside an apartment complex thousands of miles away.

The Chucky mask may have concealed the suspect’s face on Philadelphia’s streets.

But according to federal authorities, it could not conceal his trail.