Police said a dispute outside the Matteson facility turned physical before gunfire killed Dylan Perkins.
MATTESON, IL — Police continued searching Tuesday for a food delivery driver accused of fatally shooting Dylan Perkins outside an Amazon facility in south suburban Matteson after an argument in the parking lot late Sunday night.
Perkins, 26, of Glenwood, was working as a third-party vendor at the Amazon site at 7001 Vollmer Road when the shooting happened, officials said. The case has drawn attention because it followed other violent incidents reported at the same facility and another recent fatal shooting at an Amazon building in suburban Chicago. Matteson police said the shooting appeared isolated and that there was no broader threat to the public.
Officers were called about 10:54 p.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired at the large fulfillment center, police said. They found Perkins near the entrance area with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Olympia Fields Hospital, also known locally as St. James Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Matteson spokesperson Sean Howard said the confrontation began as a dispute between Perkins, another worker and the delivery driver. “From that altercation, three to four shots were fired; the employee died,” Howard said.
Investigators said witness accounts and surveillance video showed the argument in the employee parking lot before it became physical. Police said the delivery driver then fired several times and fled. Authorities had not publicly released the driver’s name by Tuesday morning, and no charges had been announced. Matteson detectives and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force were working to identify and locate the suspect. Officials said they believed they were close to making an arrest, but the exact basis for that belief was not released.
Amazon said Perkins was a third-party vendor, not a direct Amazon employee. Relatives described him as a hard worker who cleaned the facility and loved the Chicago White Sox. His mother, Pamela Perkins, said she was struggling to understand how a verbal dispute could become deadly. She called her son caring and fun-loving. His sister, Kimberly Perkins, said large workplace parking lots need stronger security, especially where many employees, contractors and delivery drivers move through at late hours.
The Matteson site has seen previous violence. In July 2024, a 33-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to her head after gunfire in the parking lot. Police said at the time that shooting appeared to be retaliation for an earlier fight among workers. Officials also said gunfire followed an altercation at the same facility in 2022, though no injuries were reported in that case. Earlier this month, a separate shooting killed 27-year-old Travion R. Taylor at an Amazon facility in Melrose Park.
After Sunday’s shooting, the Matteson building was placed on lockdown, and all shifts were canceled, officials said. Workers were sent home with pay, and Amazon said grief counseling would be available when the site reopened. An Amazon spokesperson said the company was saddened by the violence and focused on supporting employees and Perkins’ family. The company said it was working with Matteson police in the active investigation. Howard said village officials were also working with Amazon to understand how the shooting happened.
Police cars and yellow tape could be seen outside the Vollmer Road facility early Monday as investigators processed the scene. The shooting happened near the front of the building, an area used by workers and visitors moving in and out of the site. Officials did not say whether the food delivery order was tied to Perkins or another worker, and they did not release details about what started the dispute. The weapon used in the shooting also had not been publicly described.
By Tuesday, police had not announced an arrest, and the investigation remained active. The next milestone in the case is whether detectives identify the delivery driver and present charges to prosecutors in Cook County.
Author note: Last updated June 30, 2026.