A 28-year-old man was shot dead in North Philadelphia as he delivered pizza boxes inside a housing society.
The man has been identified as Anshul Kuncha, an Indian man. The shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. Friday at the Ramon Rosen Homes housing complex on Edgeley Street in North Philadelphia.
After completing the delivery, Kuncha got shot in the head. The address where the delivery was made was actually a vacant unit.
But police found a phone number from where the order was placed and are working on this lead.”
He was lying unconscious on the ground, bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to his head,” said Chief Inspector Scott Small of the Philadelphia Police Department. He was taken to the hospital, where he was declared dead.
“By looking at the pizza boxes, we were able to identify the pizza shop,” Smalls said. It has now been confirmed that Kuncha worked for Pete’s Pizza.
At the scene, police recovered three shell casings just inches away from where the victim was found.
This is an indication that the shooter or shooters were standing very close to the victim,” Smalls said.
The victim’s vehicle was also found near the scene, with a pizza warmer still inside.
Inside the empty apartment, officers found three pizza boxes and a bag that appeared to be untouched, leading investigators to believe that the victim had successfully delivered the items before being shot outside.
Police said that surveillance cameras operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority captured parts of the incident, but the shooting was not recorded on camera. But two people dressed in black chased the delivery person.
The footage showed that one of the men chasing the victim was seen carrying a black bag. No one is in custody, but police said they have some leads. “We have the phone number that the pizza delivery came from,” Smalls said.