Why?

Because the dumbass little thuglet deserved it, that’s why.

This article is a tale of two shootings. One by an ex-cop (justified) and one that seems like an officer’s mistake. I’ll split this article up so it makes sense:

A retired Philadelphia cop working as a pizza deliveryman fatally shot a 14-year-old boy who was pointing a gun at him during an attempted robbery yesterday morning in Frankford, police said.

I’m sure one-gun-a-month and the gun show loophole being closed would’ve prevented this 14-year-old from obtaining said weapon.

…the 14-year-old and two other suspects were trying to rob the ex-officer at gunpoint while he was delivering a pizza about 1:15 a.m. on Lesher Street near Bridge, police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said.

The boy pointed the gun at the former cop while his cohorts - also believed to be teenagers - attempted to go through the victim’s pockets, Vanore said.

But the deliveryman - whose name was withheld by police - was able to reach into a pocket and pull out a semiautomatic Glock, which he had a permit to carry, Vanore said.

Some will say, “Well, they were just going through his pockets, he didn’t have to shoot that little boy!” That’s batshit crazy talk right there. The only reason we know for a fact that Mr. Pizza Guy isn’t dead, is because he shot first. Good on him for ending that situation. We don’t know anything about him but I hope that he went home to his family and hugged his kids.

The deliveryman shot the gun-wielding boy once in the chest, and the boy was pronounced dead at 2:14 a.m. at Temple University Hospital, police said. His identity was not released pending notification of his family and the identification of his alleged accomplices.

“Gun-wielding boy.” No doubt this’ll pad the Brady’s statistics. When does that “boy” become a “teen”? Just curious. Doesn’t matter, he got exactly what he deserved. Blame his parents for not teaching him how to make better choices. Blame Republicans for not throwing more money at poor, misguided youth. Fact is, at 14, you might have a healthy helping of stupid floating around in that brain of yours, but you know that robbing someone is wrong.

The two other teens were still being sought by police, Vanore said.

Probably hiding somewhere crapping their pants. Funny how the “boy” was shot and killed, but the “teens” are still being sought.

The deliveryman, who is in his 50s, had been assigned to the Northeast and retired from the Police Department around 2000, Vanore said.

The decision of whether to press charges against the deliveryman rests with the District Attorney’s Office, but Vanore said initial information doesn’t suggest that the retired cop acted in a negligent manner.

Because he was a retired cop. Your average 19-year-old pimply college kid trying to make a few bucks doing this same thing would have had the book thrown at him before the pizza went cold.

Vanore said it’s common for retired police officers to “invoke the privilege” to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon long after their careers on the street are over.

Invoke the privilege? What a load of horseshit that is.

And shooting #2?

Shortly afterward, in an unrelated shooting, a police officer’s bullet fragment hit a 17-year-old robbery suspect in the face in Fairmount, police said.

Sounds like bad aim or ND.

In the other shooting yesterday, a 23rd District officer questioning robbery suspects in Fairmount about 3 a.m. discharged his gun into a sidewalk, sending one of the teen suspects to the hospital with a graze wound from a bullet fragment, Vanore said.

What the hell did the sidewalk do?

The incident began near Broad and Thompson streets, where three men robbed a 30-year-old woman at gunpoint, Vanore said. The victim provided descriptions of the suspects to police, and responding officers soon found three men fitting the bill at Poplar Street near 23rd.

“As they approached they noticed one of the males, a 17-year-old, had what appeared to be the butt of a gun sticking from his waistband area,” Vanore said. “They ordered him not to move, to drop it, but as he reached for the firearm, one officer discharged.”

… and said, “DANCE MUTHAFUCKA! HEEEHEEEHEEE!”

I don’t know, something smells wrong here. The officer wasn’t pointing his weapon at the suspect, instead pointing it at the ground. He clearly had his finger on the trigger. Was he just trying to scare the crap out of the “teen”? All of this points to some pretty piss-poor decision-making.

That officer’s single bullet hit the sidewalk and broke into fragments, one of which struck the 17-year-old in the face, police said. That teen, who is from College Avenue near 25th Street, was taken to Temple, where he was listed in stable condition.

Also apprehended at the scene was a 14-year-old boy from Dover Street near Oxford.

Another 14-year-old “boy”! I’m beginning to understand this. 14 and younger = boy. 15 and older = teen!

A third suspect fled on foot, but police have a “good idea” as to the identity of that suspect, believed to be a 17-year-old boy, Vanore said.

Oh fer cryin’ out loud.

A “very real-looking pellet gun” found at the scene is believed to have been the weapon officers spotted in the teen’s waistband, according to Vanore.

Maybe I’m just being nitpicky here, but if a pellet gun is “very real-looking”, wouldn’t it then “really look like a pellet gun”? What genius offered up that crappy description.

So there you have it. One dead thuglet, one sidewalk in critical condition.