On the night of May 24, 2023, 15-year-old Randy Mills, a student at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia, was fatally shot while riding a SEPTA Route 23 bus on Germantown Avenue. Surveillance footage shows a male suspect in a hooded sweatshirt, jacket, and mask boarding the bus and engaging in a verbal altercation with Mills; the confrontation escalated and the suspect drew a handgun and shot Mills in the chest. The assailant fled on foot after the bus driver opened the doors; eight passengers were on board. Mills was found unresponsive in the aisle and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Police released surveillance images of the shooter and of a person of interest who appeared to handle the victim’s belongings before leaving the bus, and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. By July 2024 investigators identified 31-year-old Haneef Ali as the suspect and listed him as at large. The Philadelphia School District expressed condolences and provided grief counselors for students and staff.

Does anyone have information about the May 24 bus ride or the individuals seen in the surveillance footage?