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Danny Matthews was 29 and lived on Harlan Street in North Philadelphia when he was shot and killed on June 20, 2024. He worked as a pizza delivery driver for Pete’s Pizza and had just returned from a delivery around 9:23 p.m. on the 2000 block of Ridge Avenue, near the Philadelphia Housing Authority Headquarters, when the attack occurred.

Surveillance video shows a man approach Matthews’ Hyundai sedan and try to open the driver’s door. Matthews put the car in reverse; it rolled about 20 to 25 feet and struck a parked vehicle while the shooter held onto the door and then fired into the car after it crashed. Police found Matthews unresponsive in the driver’s seat with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at 9:31 p.m. Investigators recovered evidence of at least six shots, with three spent shell casings next to the driver’s door and three inside the vehicle. The suspect was last seen as a 5 feet 10 inches man of medium to thin build wearing a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head and heading south on Ridge Avenue, and police were considering whether the attack was an attempted robbery or targeted.

Did anyone in North Philadelphia see the car or the person approaching that night who can add details?