The Uber driver killed while picking up a passenger in Center City was a 77-year-old man from Norristown

Police identified the 77-year-old Uber driver who was killed while picking up a 22-year-old man in Center City after two gunmen opened fire on the passenger.

Olatunji W. Bolaji of Norristown was fatally shot in the head around 2 a.m. Wednesday outside Byblos restaurant and hookah lounge on the 100 block of South 18th Street, little more than a block from Rittenhouse Square, where Bolaji was picking up his passenger, police said.

Bolaji was found in the driver’s seat of his Chevrolet Suburban SUV with the 22-year-old passenger in the back with gunshot wounds to an arm, the chest, and the stomach, police said.

Bolaji was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, police said. The passenger, whom police have not identified, was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Surveillance footage shows two men approaching the 22-year-old as Bolaji picked him up outside the lounge just before they began shooting, police said. The man was saying goodbye to a group of women outside the lounge in the moments before gunfire erupted, Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said.

As the shooting started, the passenger jumped into Bolaji’s car and Bolaji tried to flee, police said. Bolaji was able to drive a short distance to the 1700 block of Chestnut Street, where he crashed his car, police said.

The gunmen then fled in what police believe was a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Vanore said.

Police have not yet released a motive for the crime but believe the passenger was targeted, as the two gunmen appeared to be waiting inside the Jeep SUV before hopping out and quickly opening fire on the man, Vanore said.

“You can see when they’re coming, they’re coming for him,” he said.

There was little trace of Wednesday’s deadly melee outside Byblos during the bustling lunchtime hour Thursday.

People walked hurriedly up and down the block lined with businesses, grabbing snacks at Di Bruno Bros., on South 18th Street across from Byblos, and toward the Continental Mid-town restaurant up the street.

At Sue’s Produce Market, next door to Byblos, it was business as usual, as customers filtered in and out to buy items like mixed nuts and produce. Tina Shin, whose son owns the market, said Thursday afternoon she had not heard or seen anything of the shooting, as their store closes at 7 p.m.

But, she said, the shooting left the family-business owners shaken. The lounge did not really cause many problems, she said, with multiple security guards standing in front of the late-night spot, which is open until 2 a.m.

Shin said that she had seen some fights in the past, but that the area was generally safe.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the police. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.