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Pizza man wounds would-be robber in legs

Guys who rob Northeast Philly pizza men slumped to 0-for-2 this month when a delivery driver shot a would-be hold-up man in both legs on Dec. 17, according to police.

It happened on the 1400 block of Wellington St. shortly before 9:30 p.m. According to police, two men approached the 52-year-old victim as he walked toward a house. One of the suspects placed the victim in a chokehold from behind and stole $82 cash from him as well as a pizza. When the robber released the choke hold, the delivery driver pulled a gun and fired five shots. One of the slugs struck the first robber in the left ankle and lower right leg.

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The injured robber was able to limp to the 1400 block of Saint Vincent St., where police dressed in plainclothes arrested him. The 19-year-old remained hospitalized in stable condition on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities did not release his name.

The uninjured accomplice fled in an unknown direction. He was described as black and wearing a black hoodie with gray lining. Police recovered a knife at the crime scene.

Authorities did not charge the pizza man with a crime.

Separately, another robber targeted a pizza man in Tacony on Dec. 7. The crook struck that victim on the head with a hammer on the 6400 block of Ditman St. and stole $90 cash from him. But police spotted the suspect minutes later on a nearby street and arrested him. ••

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