A 14-year-old shot a suspect in the face during an attempted robbery at a pizza store where his father worked in Philadelphia.
Police say the 33-year-old thief entered the pizzeria and reached over the counter to grab some quick cash, but an employee behind the counter fought back.
As the two struggled, the employee’s son grabbed a gun from under the counter and shot the robber in the face, causing him to at first fall unconscious, before waking up and fleeing the store. Police found him after following a trail of blood and transported him to Jefferson Hospital in critical condition.
Prior to the pizza store incident, the suspect was one of three individuals who unsuccessfully tried robbing a CVS, but were unable to access the cash register, which requires a code to get in.
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dunno what whoever wrote the article saw but the robber only grabbed cash and did not at any point harm the employee or “strangle” anyone. in addition the teen was carrying the gun he did not get it from under the counter. article makes it like the kid saved his dad’s life or somethin. his dad was grabbin the register and the kid without warning shot him in the face. not saying right or wrong just facts.
Poor guy, he needs parnassah for his family, and he gets shot?!?!?!?! What has the world come to?? I bet the shooter is the same person who killed my niece in the Jan. 6 riot. He should be put in solitary confinement with the monster Donald Jerk Trump.
Uh oh. We have a black choir boy role model shot by a privileged white racist kid. Does that mean I can now grab a free 72 inch screen plasma tv from my local Target before I burn it to the ground?
that actually seems to be an illegal shooting.
There did not seem to be any life threatening situation. He’s a kid though. Cant expect him to make those type of calculations when someone is fighting his dad.
Also, this article isnt accurate at all. The kid apparently has the gun ON HIS PERSON. It wasnt taken from “under the counter”.
The kid shouldn’t have been playing with a gun
Guns kill
What he did was irresponsible
🙄🙄🙄🙄
That wasn’t pulled from under the counter…
Um… the video and article do not line up.
The suspect had both hands on the register, the 14 year old had the gun on him in an appendix carry position, he drew the gun from there, not from under the counter, and he shot a man in the face over cash register money.
I am all for self defense and the right to carry, but I think for this kid and his father because I have a feeling they will be in a world of trouble.
transported him to Jefferson Hospital in critical condition So unfair to Pennsylvania taxpayers to have to absorb his undeserved medical expenses.
The police should have transported him to prison.
This is some of the worst reporting I have ever seen. There is absolutely no strangulation. Watch your own video.
Video doesn’t match the story in the article but whatever
The video and the story don’t match up. The robber was not strangling the employee and the teen pulled out the gun from his pocket.
That teen may face criminal charges for shooting the thief. He may have done what all of us may consider the right thing, but he’ll be arrested on weapons charges and assault for shooting the thief.
And in our crazy world,the thief might even sue the store and get a nice pay out.
Looks like the kid already had the gun on him.
Was only a matter of time before store owners fight back with deadly force. Good job by the kid.
Just to set the record straight.
1) “The suspect then began strangling the store employee.” – Incorrect. He was only reaching for the money.
2) “the employee’s son grabbed a gun from under the counter” – Incorrect. He pulled it from his waist.
3) “shot the robber… causing him to back off and flee the store. – Maybe. The video seems to show the suspect immediately collapse onto the counter.
Is it so hard to report the truth?
Seems like kid was very familiar with using that gun. He was quick. And i dont see any strangling. Do you ?
Good. That vicious, crazed white guy will now think twice about holding up a business.
Yes this idiot was try to get the cash, but there was no “strangling” in this video.
I say this as a gun toting conservative, what is a 14 year old doing with a pistol?!?
I’m so glad no one else was hit.
Hope they don’t arrest this hero 14 year old.
I’m confused. Is this video from this article?
The sequence events in the article and the video completely don’t match each other.
“The suspect then began strangling the store employee.”
Where exactly did that happen. I missed that.
“…the employee’s son grabbed a gun from under the counter…”
Looked like his pocket to me
“shot the robber in the face, causing him to back off and flee the store.”
Actually looks like he dropped dead over the register. He doesn’t flee the store
The story in the article is incorrect. The video you posted never shows anyone be strangled. He is just trying to grab cash from the register (look at the robber’s hands, they never leave the cash register). The kid could have easily hit the person behind the robber. I am sure their family would have been fine had that person been shot because this kid was stopping a robber. Whatever, the robber is wrong and that kid is wrong. Better to have lost some money than risked killing an innocent person, unless there was a real physical threat. Not saying what the kid did was illegal, but people should be careful anytime a theft is happening to not get involved as you have to watch out for people discharging weapons recklessly. This story ended fine, but could have been a lot worse. Remember to thank Trump and his Supreme Court nominees as we see gun violence skyrocket.
So will the 14 year old now get arrested for shooting? Also it was forgotten to mention the color of the skin of the robber or the the shooter, usually some feel that it’s very important to point those details. But only sometimes.
Another reason why obtaining legal firearms is a must these days.
When was the employer getting strangled? Not that it really matters but I don’t see any strangling there
Wait till he is prosecuted for this!
He did NOT grab a gun from ‘under the counter’ -he PULLED THE GUN FROM HIS PANTS! Is it legal for a 14 year old to carry a gun concealed?
The article states “The suspect then began strangling the store employee.” This did NOT HAPPEN! At no time during the encounter did the purp put his hands on another person.
In any normal country – this kid will be charged with attempted murder………..
The video shows something else entirely. They are gonna get sued for hundreds of thousands
“The suspect then began strangling the store employee.”
Footage shows them just playing tug of war over the cash register.
Great job. But I can’t see any signs of him trying to strangle the employee?
I don’t see that the robber tried strangling the employee. Does anyone see such an action?
are the owners Jewish?
“and shot the robber in the face, causing him to back off and flee the store” – looks to me more like he caused the robber to slump over the counter & drop the money
Brilliant reaction by the teen. Robber got what he deserved, but I’ve watched the video 10 times and can’t see the “strangling” that all media outlets are talking about.
1. Video does not show anyone being strangled.
2. Guy with the gun did not pull it from under a counter but rather from his waistband/pocket.
3. Robber does not seem to have been able to flee the store. Seems down for the count after the shooting.
So you either have the wrong video, or bad journalism.
Definitely no strangling, but I’m not sure about the gun. At about 41 seconds in, it looks like he does quickly grab something from under the counter and put it in his pants. It’s hard to tell.
This creep who goy shot was carrying out a robbery before this one. All you liberal fools defending this criminal only will scream when he breaks into your home and attacks your family. This 14 year old should be rewarded as citizen of the year.
Biden will probably make the robber into a hero and reward him with millions.
The moral of the story is: if some “innocent” person simply wants to put his sticky hands into someone else’s cash register , he should think twice. He might get a bullet between the eyes…. Just sayin’…