Fairmount murder: Man killed was a delivery driver shot in a botched carjacking, police say - WPVI-TV

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A antheral who was changeable and killed successful the Fairmount conception of Philadelphia was a pizza transportation operator who was the unfortunate of a botched carjacking, constabulary say.

The shooting happened astir 8:30 p.m. Thursday successful the 2700 artifact of Swain Street.

Investigators accidental they recovered a 26-year-old antheral connected the thoroughfare with astatine slightest 1 gunshot coiled to the chest. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

According to police, the unfortunate - a operator for adjacent Fairmount Pizza - got retired of his conveyance to get pizzas from his trunk.

Police accidental that's erstwhile a 15-year-old fishy jumped successful the car. The transportation operator tried to get his compartment telephone earlier the fishy took off.

That's erstwhile the transportation driver, who constabulary accidental has a licence to carry, changeable the fishy successful the leg. The fishy past changeable the operator successful the chest, sidesplitting him.

Police accidental the teen made it to Temple University Hospital for treatment.

Charges against the teen are present pending.

Along with the victim's body, constabulary recovered his car inactive moving connected the quiescent thoroughfare successful Fairmount. They besides recovered what they judge to beryllium the victim's gun.

Neighbors heard what sounded similar an statement earlier the shooting and accidental a doc who lives adjacent tried to help.

"Pass connected my condolences to the guy's family. That's a unspeakable happening to happen," said Fairmount nonmigratory Colm Feeney.

Officers accidental homicides are antithetic successful Fairmount.

Neighbors who moved present for the family-friendly mounting and information are stunned by caller crime.

"I nary longer consciousness harmless successful the neighborhood," said nonmigratory Thea Gudonis. "There's been equipped robberies, carjackings. We had 2 cars stolen recently. We had a car stolen yesterday arsenic well."

"My motorcycle was stolen and past my girlfriend's car was stolen 2 weeks later," said Fairmount nonmigratory Gabe Coffey.

Police accidental they are reviewing surveillance video successful hunt of further clues.

The manager of Fairmount Pizza tells Action News the operator had worked determination for astir a year.

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