Police arrest man who shot at mom and daughter in a Northeast Philly pizza shop during an attempted robbery

A man who police say shot a mother and daughter during an attempted robbery at a Northeast Philadelphia pizza shop Wednesday night has been charged with attempted murder and related crimes.

Kaleb Bridges, 19, wearing a mask and hood, walked into Mayfair Pizza on the 7400 block of Frankford Avenue around 8:50 p.m., demanded money, then pulled a gun and fired three shots, authorities said. Two of the bullets struck the women, who were working in the restaurant at the time.

The 66-year-old mother was hit once in the stomach and her 34-year-old daughter was shot in the shoulder, police said.

Bridges pointed a gun at the daughter and demanded she fill a bag with money from the cash register, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The woman’s fingers got caught in the bag of cash as Bridges tried to walk away and he shot her at point-blank range, striking her in the shoulder, authorities said.

The owner of the pizza shop, who is the husband of the 66-year-old woman and father of the 34-year-old woman, fought Bridges, with help from two employees, and held him until police got to the scene, police said.

During the scuffle, at least one more shot was fired and the mother was hit in the abdomen, authorities said.

When officers arrived, police said, they found three spent shell casings, along with a large amount of cash on the floor. A .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun was also recovered. Bridges is unable to legally possess a gun because of his age, authorities said.

The women were taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where they were in stable condition Thursday.