Posted on 12/16/2021 4:01:20 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
14-yr-old son of Philly pizza shop owner reportedly pulls gun, shoots robber in the face as mom is attacked
The 14-year-old son of a Philadelphia pizza shop owner was caught on surveillance video pulling a gun and shooting a robbery suspect in the face as he attacked his mother who was behind the cash register.
The shooting took place at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Bolds Pizza on Spring Garden Street, according to WPVI-TV. It happened after one of three men who had just allegedly attempted to rob a CVS pharmacy came into the pizza shop which was only a block away. They reportedly didn’t get any money in the pharmacy robbery and fled that scene.
An employee told officers three men had entered and demanded money from the cash register, so the facts of the shooting are a bit unclear. The same employee informed police that the owner told the robbers she couldn’t open the cash register because she needed a code, according to NBC10 Philadelphia.
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Shot him in the face.
That would make a great title for the movie.
Good to see you back and in good spirits!
I’ve never been to this spot, based on the neighborhood, I’d think the family that owned it (and the hero son) are most likely Asian....>>>> It’s not an asian neighboorhood. very yuppie. WIlls eye hospital now apartments. PA state office building now apartments. Old high school now apartments. School district office one block away. Police FOP one block away on spring garden. Philly Community College one block away. Many nice brownstone apartments. Hillarys campaign office and lots of union offices. Elaine Tate (Inky food critic) lived down the street before she got married to Walt.
“caught” doing what?
WTF?
That area of Philly is very “mixed” — I often worked at The Watermark (a few blocks away on Franklin Town Blvd.) — one street might be nice apartments, renovated brownstone-type row houses, a private school ... but stray a block one way or the other and you’re in ghetto-land.
Same thing a few blocks up on Broad Street — the areas around Temple U. are generally decent; but go 2 blocks either way and it’s bad news. Lots of the kids share apartments there, but it’s iffy, at best. And the murders/attacks/robberies & rapes are often pushed down the memory hole ASAP.
I agree 100%. I’d only add, ‘tiresome’.
It’s not an asian neighboorhood. very yuppie. WIlls eye hospital now apartments. PA state office building now apartments. Old high school now apartments. School district office one block away. Police FOP one block away on spring garden. Philly Community College one block away. Many nice brownstone apartments. Hillarys campaign office and lots of union offices. Elaine Tate (Inky food critic) lived down the street before she got married to Walt.
Oh, I'm extraordinarily familiar with the neighborhood, all four of my family members did time at Community College of Phila. It's just that very few of the businesses in that particular neighborhood are owned by non-Asians. You need to go a few blocks up Broad street. My daughter used to complain that there were no non-asian choices, all halal or junk chinese food for lunch or dinner when she was recently at CCP.
You are correct that it's not an Asian neighborhood by any stretch, but they do tend to own an outsized number of businesses, especially food/restaurant businesses there. BTW - you obviously know the city extremely well, if you're still in the city and would like to meet up, FReepmail me. As you surely know, not too many FReepers actually in the city.
Y’know, John...you spend more time attacking members of this site than the crazy Leftists who are destroying this country!
I get that you’re old and bitter, but perhaps it’s best you focus your hatred on those folks OUTSIDE Free Republic?!
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