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Pizza delivery driver fatally shot in North Philly: police

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Updated  June 21, 2024 9:21am EDT
Crime & Public Safety
FOX 29 Philadelphia

Pizza delivery driver fatally shot while on the job

A 29-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed outside of a pizza shop in North Philadelphia Thursday night, police sources say.

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia pizza delivery driver was shot to death during a robbery late Thursday night.

Danny Matthews, 29, was found dead in the driver's seat of a car on the 2900 block of Ridge Avenue.

Police sources told FOX 29's Steve Keeley that Matthews, a driver for Pete's Pizza, had just returned from making a delivery when he was gunned down outside the shop. 

Officers from the Philadelphia Housing Police rushed Matthews to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

Investigators believe Matthews was killed during a robbery. A description of the suspected killer has not been shared by police.

The murder comes just six days after a pop-up party near 29th and Ridge Avenue ended with five juveniles shot, including a 16-year-old who was killed.