Pizza delivery driver robbed, shot in head in Southwest Philly
Police are searching for two men who robbed a pizza delivery driver and shot him in the back of the head Monday night.
Police are searching for two men who robbed a pizza delivery driver and shot him in the back of the head Monday night.
Detectives believe the 34-year-old driver was set up by the two robbers, who called in an order for pizza, steaks and soda to be delivered to a house on the 5700 block of Beaumont Avenue in Kingsessing, Lt. John Walker of the Southwest Detective Division said Tuesday.
After the driver arrived on the block and got out of his 1998 gold Toyota Corolla to organize the food and call the person who made the order, two men approached him, police said. One pulled out a gun.
They told the driver to stay quiet, forced him into the front-passenger seat of his car, then drove to a wooded area, possibly near Cobbs Creek Parkway and Warrington Avenue, Walker said.
The robbers then told him to get out of his car and forced him on his knees.
The men searched the deliveryman's pockets and found $60, but told him that was not enough, Walker said. They threatened to shoot him.
One of the robbers got back in the car, and threatened to run the deliveryman over, Walker said.
After the second robber returned to the car, one of the assailants fired a shot at the victim, hitting him in the back of the head.
The victim ran east on Warrington, then north on 59th Street, where he collapsed, Walker said.
Responding officers found him at about 10:30 p.m. and took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. He was initially listed in critical condition, but was stable Tuesday morning, police said.
The robbers drove off with the victim's car, and took his cellphone and the cash. The car was later found unoccupied with its lights on and engine running near 57th Street and Springfield Avenue.
The perpetrators also took the food that was in the car. Police are still seeking the two robbers, who were possibly in their 20s. One was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans; the other a black-hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
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