From Inquirer.com…
A 14-year-old boy shot a would-be robber in the face Thursday night because the man started to strangle the boy’s mother while attempting to steal cash from a Spring Garden pizza shop, according to police.
Authorities said the robbery suspect came into Bold Pizza on the 1500 block of Spring Garden Street a little before 9:47 p.m. and tried to reach over the counter and take money out of the register. That prompted a physical struggle between the robbery suspect and an employee, police said, and the suspect “started to strangle” the employee — the teen’s mother.
The teen then grabbed a handgun from under a counter, police said, and shot the robbery suspect once in the face. Police said the gun was legally owned by the teen’s father.
Police did not identify the teen, his mother, or the robbery suspect.
