Philadelphia police are searching for a gunman accused of shooting and killing a 26-year-old man at a North Philadelphia pizzeria over a possible case of road rage.
The shooting happened just after midnight Thursday at Pete’s Pizza in the 2000 block of Ridge Avenue.
According to investigators, the incident began when two men got into a minor car accident outside the pizzeria.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said surveillance footage showed the men stopping and talking to each other after the crash. One of the men, a 26-year-old, then entered the pizzeria, followed by the second man.
Police said surveillance cameras inside the pizzeria showed a physical altercation broke out between the men before one of them fired a gun, killing the 26-year-old.
Small said the shooter then left in a black or dark-colored SUV.
The pizzeria is across the street from the Philadelphia Housing Authority headquarters.
“The PHA cameras captured the rear of the shooter’s vehicle, so hopefully the license plate was captured as well,” Small said. ‘That will be part of our investigation. Homicide detectives will recover the entire camera and all recordings.”
CBS News Philadelphia is waiting for police to release surveillance images of the SUV and the shooter.
Brandon Goudner
