Caught on video: Chainsaw-wielding vandals take down trees in Point Breeze

A witness tells Action News they first heard a chainsaw right around midnight and then again about two hours later.

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Monday, February 7, 2022
Chainsaw-wielding suspects take down trees in Point Breeze
A witness tells Action News they first heard a chainsaw right around midnight and then again about two hours later.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for two suspects who were caught on video chopping down trees in the city's Point Breeze neighborhood.

It happened around 2 a.m. Sunday on the 1800 block of Gerrit Street.

Doorbell video obtained by Action News shows the suspects using a chainsaw to take down at least two trees outside of a Point Breeze home.

A witness reports hearing a chainsaw right around midnight and then again about two hours later.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.

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