On a Tuesday evening in September 2022, 62-year-old Patrick Higgins, a dedicated Domino's Pizza delivery driver, was making his final delivery of the night to a house on Lenore Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The address, 16557 Lenore Avenue, was a vacant property, a detail that would prove to be a fatal lure. Tragically, this delivery was part of a planned ambush, the third of its kind targeting unsuspecting delivery drivers at this very location within a few days.
When Higgins did not
return to the Livonia Domino's store where he worked, his concerned coworkers began to worry. Their search for him ended with the heartbreaking discovery that he had been taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound. A neighbor had found Higgins lying in the driveway and, initially thinking he had suffered a heart attack, administered CPR until paramedics arrived.
The investigation into the death of the male victim revealed a sinister pattern of robberies. Just the day before Higgins was killed, another pizza delivery driver had been robbed at gunpoint at the same vacant house. A few days prior, yet another driver had been the victim of a similar crime there. In each case, the delivery had been a setup to rob the drivers. The suspect in these incidents was described as a young man, estimated to be between 17 and 20 years old.
Despite the recurring nature of the crimes at this specific address and the active investigation by the Detroit Police Department, online sources available do not indicate that an arrest has been made in connection with the death of Patrick Higgins. The case remains a somber reminder of the dangers faced by delivery drivers and a painful, unresolved tragedy for his family and community.
