PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are searching for a suspect who is accused of setting a fire inside a Center City shoe store during the citywide looting and rioting last month.
Police say the Philadelphia Runner Store on the 1600 block of Sansom Street was ransacked on May 30 by numerous unidentified individuals.In the wake of the looting, surveillance footage allegedly shows a man set fire to shoeboxes and paper products scattered on the floor.
Police say the fire caused "significant property damage."The blaze was doused by the store's sprinkler system before it spread to engulf the entire building.Police are looking for a black man approximately 18 to 25 years with a tattoo on his left shoulder.