A Pizza Hut restaurant is pictured in this file photo.A Pizza Hut driver who was shot while delivering a pizza in Chattanooga drove back to his job before going to the hospital, police say.
The shooting happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday at 700 Gillespie Road, according to a news release from police.
The victim, 25-year-old Donotae Lawery, told police he became involved in a verbal altercation with a unidentified man. The two men fought over a third person, according to police. Lawery said he left when the man threatened him.
As Lawery was leaving in his vehicle, he heard a single gunshot and noticed he had been shot. He drove himself back to the Pizza Hut where he worked on Brainerd Road and later went to a hospital, according to police.
His injuries are not life-threatening. Police said investigators were unable to locate a crime scene in the area Lawery said the shooting occurred.