After Gold intervened, the man pulls a gun on Gold and shoots him after he told the gunman didn’t have any money.
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New Orleans police identify the man they say shot a good samaritan as he tried to prevent a kidnapping.
The “enraged” gunman then shot Gold in the stomach, police said, in a terrifying moment caught on a surveillance camera.
The gunman then tried twice to shoot Gold again but his weapon didn’t fire. The woman is not shown to be injured, according to The Washington Post.
Peter Gold, a fourth-year medical student at Tulane University, spotted a woman being dragged down a sidewalk by a man in hooded sweatshirt on Friday and chose to do something about. Cain faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and armed robbery, Harrison said.
The university are offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the shooter’s arrest.
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) announced that a suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting of a Tulane med student last week. But the gun jammed, and the suspect eventually fled with the unharmed woman’s purse.
The suspect police are searching for in the shooting of a New Orleans medical student was identified Sunday as a man with a lengthy rap sheet.
Gold hopped out of his auto to aid the struggling woman, and the attacker appeared to take off. Then, the unthinkable happened (Watch below).
Gold was taken to University Medical Center for treatment.
The woman being carried by the suspect, was reportedly treated for minor injuries and has since been released. We continue to keep Peter and the Gold family utmost in our thoughts and ask everyone to do the same. Michele Adams, who taught Gold while he was an undergraduate sociology student, said that she was shocked to hear of the news but was not surprised that Gold would risk his own safety for someone else.
Police say Cain shot the medical student just before 4 a.m. on November 20 at the intersection of Magazine Street and St. Mary Street.
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“Can’t believe it. I don’t know how many other people would’ve done that”, Baker said.
