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7-Eleven Offering $5,000 Reward In Olney Arson

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - 7-Eleven is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect wanted for setting fire to a store in the city's Olney section last month. Police say a man set fire to the 7-Eleven on 150 East Champlost Ave. around 10 p.m. on May 31.

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7-Eleven Offering $5,000 Reward In Olney Arson
Investigators say there was a group of people that arrived at the same time as the suspect and left at the same time. They cab be seen in the video below.

Arson 150 E Champlost Avenue DC# 20 35 044528 by PhiladelphiaPolice on YouTube

Surveillance video shows the suspect lighting an object on fire and putting it on a snack rack. He then grabs more items to put on fire before the group runs out of the store.

If you have any information on this incident, call police.

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