It was just past 10 p.m. Monday when police say two intruders tried forcing their way into the victim's Birchwood Road home with his two children in rooms nearby. According to police, Salamov fought to keep the men from entering. That is when one of the attackers pepper-sprayed him, and the other shot him, before fleeing the scene.
"The landscape of this area is one giant cul-de-sac. For someone to come in here and randomly pick a home? There is no exit. There is only one way in or out of this neighborhood," said Biehl. The police chief says this is only the second murder ever recorded in the borough of Wyomissing. Meanwhile, authorities say that while this certainly seems like a targeted attack, they have no idea what the motive might have been. Salamov has no criminal history, worked several jobs, and was very well liked.