REPORTER: ANOTHER SELF-DEFENSE SHOOTING – SO MANY WE HAVE LOST COUNT

Legally Armed Citizens Continue To Defend Themselves In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - Police say a robber is dead after being shot by the man he was trying to rob in South Philadelphia Wednesday night.

A 24-year-old man was smoking a cigarette outside his house on the 2200 block of South 6th Street when a man approached on a bicycle, according to police.

He told police he pulled his gun on the robber as he got off his bike and announced a robbery. Police say he has a valid permit to carry the gun.

One shot was fired, hitting the 30-year-old robber in the head.