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.

Bob Forer 3 years, 9 months ago

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

50YearResident 3 years, 9 months ago

I would think a vacant building would raise a red flag for a pizza delivery man, Gee, I wonder where all the people are..........and no lights on?

patkindle 3 years, 9 months ago

could be a young man just trying to put food on his familys table or just another doper looking for some easy money,

Topple 3 years, 9 months ago

Do we need to distinguish the criminal's motivation?

I don't rob people when I get hungry.

blindrabbit 3 years, 9 months ago

Tear down that entire area from Alabama west to Iowa between 23rd an 27th. Too much no good going on over there!

Zype 3 years, 9 months ago

You do realize that the address in the article is not in your little demolition area, right?

Austin Bergstrom 3 years, 9 months ago

thus the blindrabbit tag!

lucyjj 3 years, 9 months 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.

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

Lathrup 3 years, 9 months ago

You would kill over a pizza and a few bucks?

John Hamm 3 years, 9 months ago

Yep. Because you don't know what they would do the next time.

Jason Johnson 3 years, 9 months ago

I would, yes. Someone pulls a gun on me, they get shot. If someone is willing to threaten with a gun, who says they won't carry out that threat?

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

Richard Ballard 3 years, 9 months 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.

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