Lawrence police investigating Tuesday robbery of pizza delivery driver / LJWorld.com

Lawrence police are searching for a suspect in a Tuesday evening robbery of a pizza delivery driver.

A 21-year-old Pizza Hut driver arrived at an unoccupied building under renovation in the 2200 block of West 26th St. just before 9 p.m. After the driver took a few steps down a staircase, the suspect emerged with a handgun and demanded the driver’s cash, said Kim Murphree, a Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman.

The suspect fled the scene with the victim’s cash and the pizza.

Police say the driver described the suspect as a light-skinned black male in his late 20s or early 30s, between 6 feet 4 inches and 6 feet 5 inches tall, with an average build and a mustache He was last seen wearing a light gray hooded sweatshirt and baggy, bleached blue jeans. The driver was not injured during the robbery and police are still investigating the incident.

SofaKing 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Was it pepperoni?

stevieboy 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Where is George Zimmerman when you need him...

patkindle 6 months, 3 weeks ago

since the hoodie guy had a gun, I suspect he was not supportive of the efforts of the crowds like the NRA that endorse people owning guns to protect themselves from robbers

LJ Whirled 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sounds kind of like a 2-guard gone wrong ... Dude! There's always D-2!

Richard Ballard 6 months, 3 weeks ago

'You would kill over a pizza and a few bucks?'

You betcha!

If a thug confronted me with a handgun to rob me?

Only one of us is walking away!

And hopefully, it will be me and not him.

it sounds like some dirt bag in a hoodie was ready to do just that

Lathrup 6 months, 3 weeks ago

You would kill over a pizza and a few bucks?

Bob Forer 6 months, 3 weeks ago

One of these days, a thug will make the mistake of going after a delivery driver with a conceal and carry permit.

lucyjj 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I was robbed on a pizza delivery at a house on New Jersey St. in the 70s. It was a vacant house and the porch was dark. I knolcked on the door and then was pulled into the house and knocked around before they took my delivery wallet and my personal wallet. I had delivered pizzas for a couple of years with no incidents - with some of the places being pretty dark (curtains can be closed making a house look dark - many people forget to turn on a porch light). After my experience, I told my boss that I would not deliver if I could not tell immediately from the street that the address was occupied. Today with cell phones, that should be standard practice.

Too bad they don't have exploding dye packs for pizzas delivery guys like they do at banks.

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