Philadelphia teen shoots robber at pizza joint: video

Dramatic surveillance video captured the moment a 14-year-old boy pulled out a handgun and shot a robber in the face as he tried to steal cash from the family’s pizzeria in Philadelphia.

The violent confrontation in the City of Brotherly Love took place about 9:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Bold Pizza on Spring Garden Street, where one of three men who had just robbed a nearby CVS pharmacy entered the pizza joint, according to WPVI.

The footage shows the robber reaching over the cash register and tussling with the clerk before her son pulls out the gun and opens fire.

Police followed a trail of blood that led them to the suspect at a subway station about three blocks away, NBC Philadelphia reported. The man was taken to Jefferson Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

“There was money on the floor and there was also some broken glass inside the store, and there was also a large amount of blood,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told WPVI.

Footage shows the robber reaching over the cash register and tussling with the clerk before the boy pulls out the gun and opens fire.

Police say they managed to track the robber using the trail of blood he left behind. The search is still ongoing for the robber’s associates.

The boy’s mother said she told the would-be robber that she couldn’t open the register because she needed a code, according to the station.

Police are still searching for the suspect’s cohorts.