Suspect in New Orleans med student shooting arrested

WWL-TV, New Orleans

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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have arrested 25-year-old Euric Cain in connection with the shooting of Tulane medical school student Peter Gold this week.

Cain was found around 11:30 a.m. Monday at a home on Delechaise Street. NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said Cain will be charged with attempted first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and armed robbery.

"We're going to find you, we're going to prosecute you, and you're going to spend the rest of your life behind bars," Mayor Mitch Landrieu warned at the press conference that identified Cain as the suspect in the high-profile shooting.

Gold was shot at about 4 a.m. Friday. Surveillance video shows Gold coming to the rescue of a woman who was being dragged down the street by a gunman. After Gold intervened, the gunman shot Gold after he said he didn't have any money. Gold collapsed to the ground, and the gunman pointed his gun at his head and pulled the trigger three times. The gun jammed, and the suspect fled.

According to Tulane officials, Gold remains in guarded condition in the hospital but "is continuing to improve."