On April 28, 2023, 14-year-old Salah Fleming was found shot multiple times just inside the doorway of a home on the 5900 block of Palmetto Street in Philadelphia’s Lawncrest neighborhood. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene around 3:30 p.m. Salah was an eighth-grade student recently enrolled at the Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School and was described by schoolmates as quiet, respectable, and hardworking.

The shooting was part of a quadruple shooting. Two other teenagers, 17-year-old Malik Ballard and 18-year-old Khalif Frezghi, were found dead outside the house, and a 16-year-old fellow student was taken to the hospital in critical condition with a chest wound and expected to survive. Investigators said two groups had met at the residence for a transaction that turned violent and that at least two people opened fire.

Police found a crashed black Ford Edge about two miles away and arrested two teens, 15 and 16, after they were seen fleeing the vehicle; a gun was recovered and they faced firearms charges. Authorities later named a 22-year-old man and his 15-year-old cousin as persons of interest and on July 6, 2023, a suspect was arrested. The case is pending trial. If anyone knew Salah or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward.