Anshul Kuncha was building a life in Philadelphia when police say a false pizza order drew him to a vacant apartment.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Anshul Kuncha had a business-school degree, a data job and a second line of work delivering pizza when a late-night order sent him to a vacant North Philadelphia apartment. More than a month later, police arrested a 14-year-old boy and accused him of taking part in the robbery that ended with Kuncha’s death.
Kuncha, 28, was an Indian national living in Philadelphia and working in the area, according to police, family accounts and local reporting. A LinkedIn profile associated with him showed that he graduated from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business in 2024 and worked as a data analyst. His family told Indian news organizations that he also delivered pizza for extra income. On June 5, that part-time job took him to the Raymond Rosen Homes on Edgley Street, where investigators say the delivery address had been chosen as part of a setup.
His family learned first that he had been shot, then that the destination was an unoccupied unit. Kuncha’s sister, Tanvi, publicly described her brother as loving and joyful and said the family believed he had been deliberately lured to the property. Their suspicion focused on the delivery itself: three pizzas had been ordered for a place where no resident was waiting. Philadelphia police later said robbery was the motive, but they have not released a full public account of who initiated the order or what the alleged robbers expected to take. Police said Kuncha arrived at the housing complex shortly after midnight and got out of his vehicle with the food. Surveillance footage showed two people wearing dark clothing following him as he walked toward the apartment. One appeared to have a dark backpack. The footage became one of the key pieces of publicly described evidence in the case, because detectives later identified Sincere Camps, 14, as one of the people seen behind Kuncha, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The food appears to have reached its destination. Inside the vacant apartment, officers later found three pizza boxes and a bag that looked untouched. Investigators said the condition of the order suggested Kuncha had completed the delivery before he was attacked outside. That detail changed the picture from a delivery gone to the wrong door into what police described as a robbery arranged around a false order. Authorities have not said whether anyone met Kuncha at the doorway or how he gained access to the unit. At 12:32 a.m., officers responding to a report of a person with a gun found Kuncha on the ground in the 2300 block of Edgley Street. He had been shot in the back of the head, police said. Emergency responders took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 12:43 a.m. Three spent shell casings were found close to where he had been lying. Early reports said no firearm was recovered at the scene.
The shooting left investigators with a scene that contained both evidence and gaps. The pizzas were inside the empty unit. Kuncha was outside. Shell casings were near him. Video showed two people following him from his vehicle. Detectives also identified the phone number used in connection with the order, The Inquirer reported. Yet police did not immediately announce an arrest, and for weeks the public case remained centered on the surveillance footage, the delivery information and a request for tips. On July 10, five weeks after the shooting, police arrested Camps. Authorities announced that he faced murder, robbery, firearms and related charges. ABC News, citing police and court records, reported that Camps faced 10 counts and was being charged as an adult. Camps was denied bail and held at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center, according to reports published after his arrest.
The prosecution of a 14-year-old in adult court added another striking element to a case already marked by the victim’s routine work and the alleged use of a delivery order as bait. Still, the charges do not establish guilt. The public reporting reviewed for this article did not include trial evidence, testimony from a preliminary hearing or a defense account addressing the allegations. ABC News reported shortly after the arrest that no attorney information for Camps was listed in the court records it reviewed. Another unresolved issue is the second person visible in the surveillance footage. Police consistently described two people following Kuncha toward the property, but only Camps was publicly named in the arrest announcements examined for this article. KYW Newsradio reported that investigators believed another person was involved and wanted information about that individual.
Kuncha’s death also resonated beyond the immediate criminal investigation because of the path that had brought him to Philadelphia. Family members in Telangana said he had moved to the United States several years earlier and was working while building his career. The Consulate General of India in New York issued a statement mourning his death. Indian outlets reported that relatives were trying to bring his remains home and were pressing for a clear explanation of why he had been targeted.
Those family questions do not yet have complete public answers. Police have said robbery was the motive, but they have not explained who placed the order, whether Camps was the caller, whether the order was made under a false name or account, or what specific property was sought. Some reports based on family statements said Kuncha’s personal items appeared to remain with him. Prosecutors nevertheless filed robbery charges. The detailed evidence supporting that allegation would normally be tested through court proceedings, and the materials reviewed for this article do not provide the full prosecution file.
There are also limits to what can be said about the sequence immediately before the shooting. The surveillance footage described by police shows Kuncha being followed, but the publicly available accounts do not provide a complete recording of every movement inside and outside the vacant unit. Authorities have not said publicly whether Kuncha spoke with either follower, whether he realized he was being watched, or whether there was a demand for money or property before the shot. Those details should not be assumed from the charges alone.
What is established in the public record is that Kuncha went to the property because of a pizza order, left the food in the vacant unit, was shot outside and died minutes later. Police then spent more than a month investigating before arresting Camps. The age of the accused and the circumstances of the delivery have drawn attention, but for Kuncha’s family the case also concerns the loss of a 28-year-old relative whose work shift ended at an address that investigators say was never a normal customer destination.
Reports issued in mid-July said Camps had been scheduled to return to court on July 21 after an initial appearance. No later reliable public report located for this update confirmed the outcome of that proceeding or announced a resolution of the case. As of the latest verifiable information reviewed here, Camps remained accused of murder and robbery, while questions about the second person, the caller behind the pizza order and the full evidence supporting the prosecution remained publicly unanswered.
Author note: Last updated August 21, 2026.