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On the night of July 12, 2023, Michael Salerno, 50, was shot once in the head and killed during an attempted carjacking in South Philadelphia. The confrontation happened about 10:45 p.m. near 12th and Porter streets after three young males approached his vehicle while a female friend was inside. Salerno had intervened to protect her; the assailants fled in a red Kia Soul with out-of-state plates, last seen heading south on 12th Street.

Surveillance footage showed the Kia Soul had been circling the neighborhood before the attack. The Philadelphia Police Department released images of the suspects and their vehicle and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions in homicide cases. On August 7, 2023, authorities arrested 15-year-old Rasheed Banks Jr. in Camden, New Jersey, but investigators said other individuals involved had not yet been identified and the probe remained active.

Does anyone have information about that red Kia Soul or the other people involved that could help investigators?