Pizza Shop Employee's Son, 14, Shoots Would-Be Robber in Face

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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/philly-pizza-shop-employee-shoots-would-be-robber/3074114/

The 14-year-old son of a pizza shop employee shot one of three would-be robbers in the face after he started choking his mom in Philadelphia, police said

Police arrived at the shop in the Spring Garden neighborhood shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday and noticed a trail of blood that began inside the restaurant and went on for three blocks into the subway station at Broad and Spring Garden streets.

The employee told police three men had entered and demanded money from the cash register, which she told them she couldn’t open because she needed a code.

Other employees said one of the men tried to reach over the counter and then began choking the woman, prompting her son to pull out a handgun from underneath the counter and shoot the alleged attacker once in the face, according to police.

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[cinematicdiversions]

1. You know what...

Good for him.

[Haggard Celine]

3. Yeah, if someone was choking my mom,

I'd probably shoot more than once. Kid showed a lot of restraint.

[Celerity]

2. Philadelphia seems a violent, murderous, failed city. So many horror stories.

[tenderfoot]

4. That could be said of most big cities in the US.

If it bleeds it leads...

[Celerity]

7. Philadelphia, has had 523 murders in 2021, as of December 7th, the previous high was 500, in 1990

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/hot-people-behind-gun-violence-need-to-be-jailed-phillys-former-top-cop-says/3072457/

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10. Out of curiosity I just looked up the per capita homicide rate in Philadelphia vs. where I

currently live. Philadelphia is over fifteen times higher, and around five times the national average.

[Celerity]

14. NYC, in 2021, is around 5.5 times the size, and yet has 'only' 443 murders, as of December 5th

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf

[Dial H For Hero]

15. It's my understanding that NYC is much safer than it was decades ago.

[Celerity]

16. yes, overall it is far safer than in the past, and Adams will likely continue that trend

[Quakerfriend]

8. Yes, so true. in the past 2 years,

I’ve had multiple incidents in my family.
-nephew experienced armed robbery on U of Del. Campus, niece was horrified when college friend was murdered in Target parking lot in NJ, another niece almost lost her boyfriend in armed robbery in San Fran- all because of guns. I’ve never experienced one ounce of violence in my own life- It’s very hard to know that this is what they face.

[tenderfoot]

9. Now is not the time to bring guns into the conversation!

[uponit7771]

5. It is NO DOUBT not policed correctly

[Quakerfriend]

6. Yes, worst it's been in many years.

My son uses an app that tells him where crime is happening moment-to-moment when he walks at night.

[mvd]

17. It's been really bad this year but it fluctuates like other cities

I don’t think the fault lies with Outlaw or Krasner. The pandemic, too many guns, a distrust of police, and poverty play big roles.

[Luciferous]

11. Good for him, he saved his mom's life!

[Tickle]

12. Good nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. The story made KYW this morning. NT

[madville]

18. Wait a minute

Using a gun for lawful self defense of one’s self and others actually does happen? Can’t be, I’ve seen it posted too many times to count that it’s a myth….

Brave young man in that story.

[ripcord]

19. I'm surprised no one is calling for the mother to be arrested

She left a loaded gun where a 14 year old could reach it, she is obviously a monster.

[BlackSkimmer]

20. Hey, so we finally found our good guy with a gun?

Well, well.