Surveillance video and evidence from a vacant apartment tied a 14-year-old to the June killing of Anshul Kuncha, say police.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy has been charged as an adult with murder and robbery in the fatal shooting of pizza delivery driver Anshul Kuncha, a case police say began with a false food order to a vacant apartment and unfolded in view of surveillance cameras at a North Philadelphia housing complex.

The arrest of Sincere Camps on July 10 came more than a month after Kuncha, 28, was found critically wounded on the 2300 block of Edgley Street. Investigators say Kuncha had been sent to the Raymond Rosen Homes shortly after midnight on June 5 with three pizzas. The apartment connected to the order was vacant, and police believe the delivery was used to draw him to the property before a robbery. Camps faces multiple charges, including murder, robbery, conspiracy and firearm offenses. He has been held without bail, according to court records cited by news organizations covering the case.

The investigation centered in part on surveillance footage from the area. Police said video showed Kuncha walking away from his vehicle carrying the order while two people dressed in dark clothing followed him toward the property. One of the people appeared to be carrying a dark backpack. Authorities later identified Camps as one of the people shown in the video, according to reporting by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Police have not publicly explained every step that led from the footage to Camps’ arrest, and they have not disclosed whether additional physical or digital evidence was used to identify him. Officers were sent to the block at about 12:32 a.m. after a report of a person with a gun, police said. They found Kuncha unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at about 12:43 a.m. Police have described robbery as the motive. The killing has been reported as a close-range shooting, but authorities have not released a complete public account of the confrontation immediately before the gunfire.

Evidence at the vacant unit helped investigators reconstruct what happened before the shooting. Officers found three pizza boxes and a bag inside the property, and the food appeared not to have been opened or disturbed. Police said that supported their belief that Kuncha reached the delivery location and left the order before he was attacked outside. Three spent shell casings were also recovered near the place where he was found. No weapon was recovered at the scene in the initial investigation, according to local reporting. The unusual delivery address quickly became a central part of the case. Investigators determined that the order had been placed for a property that was not occupied. Police were able to identify a phone number associated with the order, The Inquirer reported, but authorities have not publicly said who actually made the call. They also have not explained how Kuncha entered the vacant property, whether a door had been left open, or whether someone was there to receive the food before the shooting.

Camps was arrested five weeks after the killing. Philadelphia police announced that he had been charged with murder, robbery and violations of Pennsylvania firearms law, while court records reviewed by ABC News and Law&Crime listed 10 counts and additional allegations including conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person. The charges are accusations, and the case had not been resolved in the latest reliable reporting located for this article. News organizations reported that Camps was being prosecuted as an adult and was being held at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center.

The surveillance footage also created a question that remained unresolved in the first round of public reporting after Camps’ arrest. Police said two people were seen following Kuncha from his vehicle, yet only Camps was publicly identified as charged in the killing at that time. KYW Newsradio reported that investigators believed at least one other person was involved and were seeking information about that individual. Other reports were more cautious about whether a second suspect was formally wanted. Police have not publicly released a complete account of the second person’s identity or role.

Kuncha had been working for Pete’s Pizza on Ridge Avenue when he was killed, police and local news reports said. He was also an Indian national living in Philadelphia. His family told Indian media that he had come to the United States for work and education and took pizza-delivery shifts for additional income. A LinkedIn profile associated with Kuncha showed that he graduated from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business in 2024 and was working as a data analyst in the Philadelphia area, according to The Inquirer. Family members described Kuncha as joyful and caring while trying to understand why a routine delivery ended in his death. His sister, Tanvi, told reporters that the family believed the vacant address showed the order was a trap. Police have since said robbery was the motive, but they have not publicly released a detailed explanation of what property was allegedly targeted or taken.

The case drew attention in India as well as Philadelphia. The Consulate General of India in New York publicly expressed condolences after Kuncha’s death, and relatives in Telangana spoke with Indian news outlets about arranging for his remains and seeking answers from authorities. Their accounts added details about his background, but the criminal case itself rests on evidence gathered by Philadelphia investigators and whatever evidence prosecutors present in court. Police have not announced that the family had any prior connection to Camps or to the property where the delivery was made.

At the time of the arrest announcement, several facts remained outside the public record. Police had not identified the person who placed the pizza order, had not said whether the phone number associated with it belonged to Camps, and had not explained whether detectives recovered a firearm after the initial crime-scene search. Authorities also had not publicly described any statement by Camps or said whether he had entered a plea. No defense attorney was listed in the court information cited by ABC News immediately after the arrest.

The case moved from a homicide investigation into adult criminal court after Camps’ arrest. Reports published in mid-July said he had a preliminary court appearance and was scheduled to return on July 21. A search for more recent reliable public reporting did not locate a confirmed account of what occurred at that hearing or a later disposition. That means the latest verifiable status for this article remains that Camps was charged, held without bail and accused by police of taking part in a robbery that ended with Kuncha’s death.

The evidence publicly described so far presents a narrow but significant sequence: an order for three pizzas was sent to a vacant residence; Kuncha arrived and carried the food to the property; two people followed him; the food was found untouched inside; gunfire followed outside; and investigators later identified and arrested Camps. What happened in the moments not captured or publicly released, who placed the order, and whether anyone else will be charged are questions that remain for investigators and the courts.

Author note: Last updated August 21, 2026.