Posted on 04/05/2022 6:37:58 AM PDT by marktwain
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are investigating after a would-be robber was shot and killed Wednesday in North Philadelphia.
Officials say a male suspect pulled a gun and tried to rob the store on the 1400 block of Master Street around 12:30 p.m.
That's when a customer, who has a license to carry, reportedly shot the suspect twice in the abdomen. The suspect died from his injuries at the hospital.
A second armed suspect managed to escape during this incident.
This is not the first defensive shooting this year that has resulted in the death or injury of an armed suspect.
Just last week a store manager inside a North Philadelphia Dollar General shot and killed a suspect who announced a robbery.
Police say the suspect had an object made to look like a gun but it was not a weapon. The manager, who had a license to carry, shot the suspect in the head.
In February, a customer fought back against an armed suspect who was trying to rob him inside of a smoke shop. The victim wrestled the gun away from the suspect and shot and killed him.
And in late January, an attempted carjacking suspect was shot six times after a pizza delivery driver, who was licensed to carry, fought back in Kensington.
The Action News Data Journalism team found a significant increase in defensive shootings.
In just the first three months of this year, more people have been shot in defensive shootings than in each of the last three entire years.
If defensive shootings continue at the same rate through the rest of the year, Philadelphia is on track to have more than five times as many of these incidents as last year.
>First quarter of year, more self defense shootings than totals for each of the last three full years.
If the cops won’t take care of it...
Bet the victims will be arrested for assault.
The Philly Courts will have a surplus in their budget...it’s a good thing.
The cops usually ‘take care of it’ by harassing the defending victim. The entire legal system is set up to do that.
Given the state of politics, an armed society is the only way back to civility and politeness.
One would think he would be more than a "suspect" when he announces his intentions.
But as my Daddy would say "Pay that store manager bounty and buy him more bullets."
Under "Let 'em Go Larry" Krasner only cops are prosecuted for gun crimes.
A concealed carry permit is incredibly easy to get and really necessary in the city these days.
Bernie Goetz Academy.
Encore!
“Master Street”
That’s racist! This is obviously caused by White supremacists.
Maybe we should ask the new superstar KBJ of Supreme Court who the victim is...
“Boom, Boom, Out go the lights!”
“who was licensed to carry”
A second armed suspect managed to escape during this incident.
Fifty percent yield in a high stress situation is pretty good.
If this keeps up the rap scene in philly will go extinct.
The Double Tap is a myth. Shoot the threat until it goes away. Only then will his soul find Peace. - Dalai Lama
Shot in the abdomen. Gut shot and dying is not a good way to go.
Lol!
A good news story.
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