The most recent happened shortly after midnight Tuesday at a vacant home in the 1400 block of Steiner Avenue, according to the report.
The 58-year-old male driver reported he arrived at the location and no one was home. When he returned to the store the person who ordered the food called back to say he was now home, according to the report.
The driver returned and saw one male sitting on the porch. As the driver approached the house four to five other males emerged from the rear of the home. Police said they grabbed the pizza and after some debate about who would pay for it, one of the males pointed a handgun at the driver while others shouted “shoot him!” according to the report.
Police said the driver backed away, got in his vehicle and drove back to the store, at 4399 W. Third St.
Around the same time on Monday, a woman delivering an order to the 600 block of Kammer Avenue was robbed at gunpoint of cash, her car and the food.
The 36-year-old victim reported she was robbed by a group of juveniles, one wearing a black bandana across his face and brandishing a black handgun, according to the report.
The victim told police she arrived at the address and the house appeared vacant. She went to the neighboring home and the resident told her he had not ordered a pizza and directed her back to the adjacent, apparently vacant house as being the correct address, according to the report.
The woman told officers as she returned to the vacant home a masked teenager emerged from the shadows and pointed a gun at her; he fired one shot in the air and several other juveniles approached her from different directions, according to the report.
The food order that was taken amounted to $57.11: two 14-inch pizzas, three nine-piece marbled cookies and a 2-liter of Sprite, according to the report.
Also taken was $36 in cash. The robbers jumped in the victim’s 1998 Ford Contour and drove away, according to the report.
Police have not announced any arrests from the incidents.
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