Police Believe Pizza Delivery Driver Shot In Head In North Philadelphia Might've Been Ambushed
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police continue their search for whoever shot a pizza delivery driver in North Philly. The driver was shot in the head and crashed into a house. He's in critical condition.
Police initially thought they were responding to a car crash. Instead, they found a delivery driver had slammed his car into a home after he was shot while driving.
"I heard a pistol shot first and right after that, boom," North Philly resident Ollie Robinson said.
That boom neighbors heard was this car that crashed into the porch of Miranda Clement's North Philadelphia home after a shooting down the block Monday night.
"We heard the gunshots first and then we heard the screeching of the tires of the car. And then we heard the slamming of the car," Clement said.
CBS3 got a closer look at the damage Tuesday. You can see the impact of the crash was so strong the vehicle pushed trash cans through her porch.
"The house is fine, it's just the porch. L&I checked it out already," Clement said.
Police say the crash happened after a 40-year-old pizza delivery driver was shot in the head near North Broad and Indiana Streets.
"It appears that the delivery person may have been set up to come to the location," Philadelphia Police Chief Insp. Scott Small said.
Now, some delivery drivers tell Eyewitness News they're on edge as detectives comb through surveillance video to find exactly what lead up to the gunfire.
"There's a possibility that the motive for this shooting is a robbery due to the fact that we know that this shooting victim was in the process of doing a pizza delivery," Small said.
Police say the driver never got to deliver his food. He's now at Temple University Hospital where he remains in critical condition after the shooting and crash.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to call detectives.
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