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WEBVTT AT THE POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY JAIL AFTER POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN CARTER LAKE, HOURS AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE NURSE. THE NURSE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE AS SHE WRESTLED MUHAMMAD OVER THE GUN. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST MUG SHOT FOR AMIR MUHAMMED. POLICE SAY HIS LATEST CRIME SPREE CAME TO AN END FRIDAY, AFTER THEY SAY HE ATTACKED A NURSE IN THE BERGAN MERCY HOSPITAL PARKING LOT. >> IT TOOK HER BY SURPRISE. THE GUY WAS ABLE TO GRAB HER AND FORCED HER INTO THE CAR. SERGEANT FORNOFF SAYS VIDEO IN -- REPORTER: SERGEANT FORNOFF SAYS VIDEO IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY SHOWS MUHAMMED FOLLOW THE NURSE AS SHE LEFT WORK AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING. >> HE PUT A GUN TO HER HEAD AND TOLD HER NOT TO GET AWAY. REPORTER: BUT SHE FOUGHT BACK, USING HER KEYS TO HIT HIM IN THE FACE WHILE HE WAS BITING HER HAND. THEN, SHE DID SOMETHING SERGEANT FORNOFF HAS NEVER SEEN IN HIS POLICE CAREER. >> SHE WAS ABLE TO GET ENOUGH STRENGTH TO BREAK THE GUN IN HALF AND THE TOP HALF OF THE GUN WAS FOUND IN HER CAR. AND WHEN WE ARRESTED HIM, HE HAD THE BOTTOM HALF STILL WITH HIM. REPORTER: SHE GOT AWAY, AND POLICE SAY MUHAMMED RAN OFF AS WELL TO A NEARBY HOTEL WHERE HE CALLED A TAXI. THEY SAY HE STOLE THE NURSE’S CHECKBOOK AND WROTE BAD CHECKS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVES RECOGNIZED MUHAMMED IN THE HOSPITAL AND BANK SECURITY VIDEOS AS THIS MAN, THE ROBBER WHO HELD UP WOMEN EMPLOYEES AT MAXI WALKER AND TIP TOP TUXEDO WITH A KNIFE, AND THE SAME ROBBER WHO USED A GUN AT VICTORIA’S SECRET AND THE JUICE STOP IN GRETNA. >> JUST PLEASE, JUST DON’T HURT ME. REPORTER: ASHLEY CHRISTENSEN TOLD US LAST WEEK ABOUT HER ENCOUNTER. >> HE FLASHED ME A GUN AND SAID YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. REPORTER: AT MUHAMMED’S SOUTH OMAHA APARTMENT, POLICE SAY THEY FOUND EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THE FOUR ROBBERIES. ONCE THEY SORTED IT ALL OUT, SERGEANT FORNOFF MADE FIVE PHONE CALLS TO SOME WOMEN ON EDGE, INCLUDING THE NURSE. >> IT WAS NICE TO TELL HER HE WASN’T GOING TO HURT ANYONE ELSE. REPORTER: POLICE ALSO SAY MUHAMMED MADE HIS VICTIMS SHOW HIM THEIR DRIVER LICENSES, TELLING THEM HE’D KILL THEM IF THEY CALLED THE COPS. MUHAMMED SPENT THE PAST 30 YEARS IN AND OUT PRISON. THAT INCLUDED ASSAULTING AN OFFICER, THEFT, AND ROBBERY. HE’S BEEN ON PAROLE SINCE MAY. HE’LL BE EXTRADITED FROM IOWA TO FACE CHARGES IN NEBRASKA. REPORTING LIVE, MICHELLE BANDUR, KETV NEWSWATCH

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While Omaha police searched for a man who attacked a nurse Friday morning, they discovered the suspect may be linked to other crimes.During the investigation, detectives believe they found evidence the suspect is behind four robberies of women employees at area businesses."He was getting more and more dangerous, so it was important we got him off the street as soon as possible," Sgt. Steve Fornoff said.Police said Amir Muhammed, 53, was waiting in the lobby at Bergan Mercy Hospital on Friday at 7:30 a.m. when he followed a nurse into the employee parking lot."He put a gun to her head and told her not to get away," Fornoff said. "He started assaulting her and biting her and she started fighting back."Fornoff said even though the nurse was much smaller than Muhammed, she fought him off in the back seat of her car using her keys. He said she also did something he's never seen before in his police career. "She was able to get enough strength to break the gun in half and the top half of the gun was found in her car. When we arrested him, he had the bottom half still with him," Fornoff said.The nurse managed to get away and police said Muhammed ran off to a nearby hotel and called a taxi. They said he stole the nurse's checkbook and wrote bad checks. During the investigation, they recognized him from the security cameras at the bank and hospital lobby.Fornoff said Muhammed is the same robber who held up the Max I Walker at 90th and Maple streets and Tip Top Tux in Clocktower Village, Sept. 21, along with the Victoria's Secret at Village Point on Oct. 1 and the Juice Stop in Gretna on Oct. 3."He approached female employees, who were by themselves, armed with a knife and threatened to harm them if they did not give them money, " Fornoff said. Fornoff said he also looked at the womens' driver's licenses and threatened to find them at home and kill them if they called police.Police said they found evidence at Muhammed's apartment linking him to the robberies.Officers found him walking in a Carter Lake neighborhood late Friday night. They said he resisted arrest and assaulted officers before being taken into custody.He is being held in the Pottawattamie County jail in Council Bluffs and will be extradited to Nebraska to face serious felony charges.Muhammed has been in and out of prison the last 30 years on theft and robbery convictions. He was released on parole last May.