Pizza delivery driver carjacked in Pittsburgh; police looking for 2 suspects

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are looking for two people after a pizza delivery driver was carjacked in Elliott early Wednesday morning.

The male victim said he was delivering to a house in the 900 block of Harker Street at around 1:45 a.m., but the residents told him they did not make the order. As he was walking back to his car, he says he was approached by two young males with a firearm who demanded the keys to his car, his wallet and iPhone. He was not injured, according to police.

Officers located his unoccupied vehicle in the 800 block of Herschel Street. The victim’s wallet and phone were not found.

The vehicle was towed to have it processed for evidence.

Chuck Holste has lived in Elliott for his entire life, growing up in a home on Harker Street. He was surprised to hear that a pizza delivery driver was robbed on his former street overnight

“I’ve never felt threatened in my whole entire life up here,” Holste said. “I’m quite shocked, but Harker is a kind of dark street. Now my wife is going to be really freaked out.”

Some community members didn’t want to talk on camera but told Channel 11 they’d like to see more police driving around at all hours of the night. Holste told Channel 11 did see police in the neighborhood as he was driving home from work, around the time the carjacking happened.

He said he feels safe walking his chocolate lab, Sidney, no matter what time of day it is, but has learned to keep an eye out for anything.

“Crime is everywhere, and I don’t know what you’re doing to do about it,” Holste said.

There are no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing.

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