A pizza shop customer armed with a gun shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the Pennsylvania restaurant, according to police.
The shooting happened late Tuesday night at Porfirio’s Pizza and Pasta, located in a shopping plaza in Levittown, about 25 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
The customer took out a gun and shot both men after they allegedly pistol-whipped him, Middletown Police Chief Joe Bartorilla told reporters.
One suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The second suspect was taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately available.
Bartorilla said the customer and two pizza shop employees were the only people in the restaurant when the two armed suspects walked in. The Bucks County Courier Times reported that the two employees were not hurt and the customer declined medical attention at the scene.
According to Bartorilla, the customer’s gun was properly registered. Police were still trying to confirm whether the man had a concealed carry permit.
Police have not yet released the names of the customer or the two alleged robbers.
No other information was available early Wednesday morning. Police said the investigation was ongoing.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I see the Police are trying to find fault with the armed citizen. Trying to find out if he had a conceal and carry permit. So he performs a heroic act, but the Police are trying to get him on a weapon’s violation. All citizens in Levittown should be calling the Police/Sheriff to voice their opinion. Better yet you need to get your weapons permit laws to favor citizens such as this hero. And quit trying to put this heroic man in jail!!!
If the right to bear arms shall not be denied, then why the need for so many gun laws? Criminals don’t care about the laws, so register their weapons. If you served your time and you get out and commit another crime give them the maximum sentence since they have already made it clear they can’t play well with others. Law abiding citizens should not have to jump through hoops, and not all people who served time are guilty, and once they have served their time their rights should be restored, not doing so violates the Constitution. Stop giving criminals a slap on the wrist and put an end to the revolving door justice system.
When people realize there are consequences to their actions and harsh ones, then I really don’t think there would be as many repeat offenders of any type of crimes with the exception of the really violent and ignorant criminals who are so institutionalized and stuck in their way of behaving that freedom is not an option.
TOO BAD IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN NEW YORK STATE – I REMEMBER READING ONCE THAT THE NY SUPREME COURT RULED THAT A PERSON COULD NOT BE PROSECUTED CRIMINALLY FOR POSSESSION OF A SO CALLED “ILLEGAL WEAPON” IF IT HAD BEEN USED IN DEFENSE OF ONE’S LIFE.
You read wrong! I think it was Bernard Goetz the electronics technician that got mugged in the subway. He used an illegal gun to save his ass when being mugged by armed robbers. They ruled the shooting completely justified, but to teach him a lesson they charged him with violating the Sullivan law (having an illegal gun). He did like 3 years away from his family for it.
Conceal carry permits should be available in all 50 states period. Crime rates would drop over night, no city should be able to ban conceal carry permits for law abiding citizens. No city especially Chicago, New York, or anywhere else.
I guess the bad guys were the victims.. They did not shoot first!
Arthur Hartsock is right. One should not need a conceal/carry permit in his own premises. The Police should not be concerned if he had a conceal/carry permit. The media might be the one that brought that up.
Too bad the armed citizen didn’t take out the second POS.
You don’t want to hear my comment. Jesus would get me for it.
The idiot who survived will probably to to die the customer for lost wages
I came from a state where concealed weapon permits are issued,,then moved to a state where no permit is required….That’s because my new residence is an open_carry jurisdiction…. Imagine walking down the grocery isle,, summertime_ hot outside,, a young man,,his wife,,(Toddler) sitting in the cart. , He is wearing. Flip_flops, a tank top geekie beach shorts. And a Colt 1911 .45 on his waist…. Why do I get that (safe and warm) fuzzy feeling of LIBERTY when Joe American can exercise his rights to protect himself (and family) against an ever changing Country…If your a Good American,,, that keeps America Good..CARRY ON. Happy Chris
NO GOOD DEED GOES UN PUNISHED NO NAMES OF THE BAD GUYS THEY WEREN’T BAD GUYS THEY WERE POOR HUNGRY GUYS GETTING DINNER THEY ARE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND IT USED TO WORK AT HOME THE ILLEGAL ‘S
MAY BE AMERICAN CITIZENS BETTER REPORTING NAMES WHEN COVERING A STORY THAN MAKING ETHNIC GUESSING .
I never worried about a permit when I carried three .25 automatics and a switchblade in Chicago from 1968 until 1989. I saved two lives, including a cop, and I escorted a Congressman’s Secretary around Chicago to make sure she was safe. I sure surprised a lot of would-be robbers with knives, box cutters, bats, and a variety of other weapons! It was a lot of fun to watch them run away! Later, in 2004, I kept two black punks from sucker punching me outside the Barcelona motel in Las Vegas, by knocking one over, then sticking my Browning Hi-Power up the nose of the other would-be robber. Three people had been killed that week at the Barcelona motel. I was not going to be the fourth. They both ran like track stars!