HOUSTON – A Domino's pizza delivery driver was shot and killed when he went to make a delivery in southeast Houston.
Houston police said Phillip Little, 40, was on a routine call in the 5400 block of Madden Lane at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when the woman in the home said she did not place the order.
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Little never made it to the woman's front door, and as he walked back to his car, investigators said a group of people jumped him in an attempt to rob him. During the attack, Little was shot.
"After he was shot, he was able to get into his car and flee his attackers," said W.L. Meeler with the Houston Police Department Homicide Division.
The victim drove the wrong way down Martin Luther King Boulevard for several blocks before he crashed through a fence, into the back yard of a house on MLK at Canterway and through a shed. The vehicle then came to a stop in the back yard.
The man was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Little's family is devastated.
"I'm angry. I'm hurt. It's still unbelievable," said Tatalease Derby, Little's cousin. "This is just devastating for our family."
Derby said it was the family's worst nightmare come true.
"We had concerns about his safety," she said. "We are in contact with each other every day."
"We don't have any suspects. We are running down leads on who called the pizza in right now," Meeler said.
Police said they are also processing evidence from inside Little's car.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
"We want justice. We definitely want justice," Derby said.