The 28-year-old worker was shot after delivering food to a vacant unit, investigators said.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia police were reviewing surveillance video and a delivery phone number Friday after a pizza driver was fatally shot outside a vacant unit at Raymond Rosen Homes.
The killing unfolded during an overnight delivery in North Philadelphia and left investigators focused on whether the order was used to draw the worker to the property. Police said the 28-year-old driver had delivered food before he was shot in the head near the 2300 block of Edgley Street.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said officers found the man shortly after 12:30 a.m. in a courtyard at the public housing complex. The driver was unresponsive and had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Medics took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly afterward. Small said pizza boxes helped officers identify the business connected to the delivery. The victim worked for Pete’s Pizza, according to local reporting confirmed after the shooting.
Police said the order had been sent to a vacant unit. Officers found three pizza boxes and a bag inside the apartment, and the food did not appear to have been opened. The driver’s vehicle was located near the scene with a pizza warmer still inside. Investigators recovered three spent shell casings near the victim’s body. Small said the location of the casings indicated the shooter or shooters had been standing close to the driver.
Surveillance cameras operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority recorded the driver walking with the order before the shooting, police said. The video also showed two people wearing dark clothing following him. One of them appeared to have a dark backpack. The shooting itself was not captured, according to police. Investigators said they were seeking more camera footage from the area and had obtained the phone number used to place the delivery order.
The shooting was not the first deadly incident tied to Pete’s Pizza in recent years. In 2024, another delivery driver connected to the shop was killed outside the business. A separate shooting later that year killed a 26-year-old man inside the store after what police described as a possible road rage encounter. Friday’s case renewed fears among some customers and workers about the danger of late-night deliveries.
Customer Melissa Garson said the shooting showed how quickly routine work can turn deadly. “To know that people are just out here recklessly with guns and stuff like that, it’s very uncertain,” Garson said. Another customer, Chris Jones, said delivery workers often have to judge risk in the moment. Police had not announced charges, named suspects or released the victim’s identity by Friday night.
The investigation remained active as detectives worked to identify the people seen following the driver and trace the order that sent him to the vacant unit.
Author note: Last updated June 6, 2026.