Food delivery driver shot multiple times in North Philadelphia: police
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A food delivery driver is fighting for his life Thursday. He was shot, on the job, right after dropping off an order.
Sources tell CBS News Philadelphia the driver was likely an innocent bystander.
The shooting happened around 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon along Gratz Street in North Philadelphia.
There were at least two shooters and it appears right now the 48-year-old food delivery driver was in the wrong place at the wrong time, caught in the crossfire between two people sources tell CBS News Philadelphia.
"I just heard six shots and then a pause and then another six shots," witness Brett Wagner said.
"It is a delivery driver," Philadelphia police captain Michael Goodson said. "From my understanding, he was working and just recently dropped off food in the area."
The driver was shot once in the torso and was rushed to Temple University Hospital in critical condition. We were told at least 17 shots were fired from two different weapons. Multiple bullet holes could be seen on the driver's white Honda sedan.
"I know that the guy that was in this white car was a pizza guy," Milan Toliver said.
Toliver was inside a friend's house when the shooting happened.
"It started ricocheting and everybody was screaming 'Oh my God,'' Toliver said. "The lady that lives at this corner was screaming at the top of her lungs because she couldn't find her children. Because they were outside when the shooting was happening."
No one else was injured.
Police are searching for the shooters. Many in the area say they are not surprised by what happened.
"Sad to say it's normal," Toliver said. "This is what it is it's Philadelphia. People do this every day."
In a statement, Grub Hub says they have offered to help Philadelphia police with the investigation and are working to identify whether or not the driver was a delivery partner.
