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Pizza Delivery Driver Shot to Death After Order to Vacant Philadelphia Housing Unit

Police rely on Philadelphia Housing Authority camera footage, plus a recovered phone number, to guide an active homicide probe seeking the caller and how the driver reached the vacant unit.

Overview

  • The shooting occurred just after 12:30 a.m. Friday when a 28-year-old delivery driver went to a vacant unit at the Raymond Rosen Homes and was found with a gunshot wound to the head and later pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital.
  • Philadelphia Housing Authority surveillance shows the driver carrying pizza boxes while two people in dark clothing, one with a backpack, followed him toward the building.
  • Investigators recovered three unopened pizza boxes and a bag inside the vacant unit and found ballistic evidence near where the victim fell.
  • Police say they have the phone number used to place the order and are reviewing multiple camera feeds, but no suspects have been identified or arrested and it remains unclear who placed the order or how the driver accessed the property.
  • The case has put a spotlight on safety for delivery workers in public housing and investigators are asking for tips, with police offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.