While trying to stop the carjacking the victim was shot once in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have identified the man who was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking in South Philadelphia late Wednesday night.Police have identified the man who was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking in South Philadelphia late Wednesday night.Investigators say Salerno was shot when three males, thought to be between 15 and 20 years old, were trying to carjack his vehicle.
"It doesn't surprise me that he stepped in, no," said his stepdaughter, Brittney Decker. "I wish he didn't, obviously, but here we are." Salerno was not inside the vehicle at the time of the carjacking, Marshmond said during a Thursday afternoon news conference. It appears the suspects may have been looking for a target. Police say they were circling the neighborhood in a Red Kia Soul with out-of-state plates.
"We do see the offenders' vehicle ride past in the area several times. It appears that the offenders were in the area to either rob a person or attempting to take a vehicle," said Marshmond."Slowly there started to form a pool of blood. The lady was screaming and she came back - she was screaming over the man on the ground," said Ortiz.No arrests have been made.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
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