--- description: A Tulane University medical student was shot while trying to help a woman in distress on Friday morning. title: Tulane Med Student Shot Trying to Save Woman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66e114991e337684/69887263bc6cfc68e33da82f/tulane-university-medical-student.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Good Samaritan Shot Trying to Save Woman in Louisiana by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:11 PM CUTPublished: Nov 23, 2015 2:10 PM CUT  Tulane University medical school is seen December 9, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane University medical school is seen December 9, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.Chris Graythen—Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:11 PM CUTPublished: Nov 23, 2015 2:10 PM CUT The suspect in the shooting of a Tulane University medical student is in custody Monday afternoon, according to police. Peter Gold, 25, a medical student at Tulane, was shot in the stomach after he stopped his car around 4 a.m. to help a woman who was being dragged by a man to another car. His shooting was caught on surveillance video. The suspect—now identified as Euric Cain—was apprehended this morning by New Orleans Police and U.S. Marshalls. He will be charged with attempted first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and armed robbery, [WWL reports](http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2015/11/23/man-wanted-for-shooting-tulane-med-student-in-custody/76262340/ "undefined"). When Gold tried to aid the woman, a man in a hooded sweatshirt—Cain—pointed a gun at him, according to police. In the video, Gold can be seen with his arms raised above his head, backing into a wall behind him. [Police say](http://www.nola.gov/nopd/press-releases/2015/20151122-nopd-identifies-suspect-wanted-for-attemp/ "undefined") Cain demanded money from Gold, who told him he didn’t have any. Cain then shot Gold in the stomach, and tried to shoot him again, but police say his gun jammed. Cain fled the scene in an SUV. New Orleans police says the woman was treated for minor injuries and has been released, and a spokesman from Tulane said Gold is [recovering](http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2015/11/23/man-wanted-for-shooting-tulane-med-student-in-custody/76262340/ "undefined") but remains in critical condition. “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,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at a press conference Monday morning, [WWL reports](http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2015/11/22/nopd-names-suspect-shooting-tulane-med-student/76222544/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4124123/tulane-good-samaritan-peter-gold/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4124123/tulane-good-samaritan-peter-gold/"},"headline":"Good Samaritan Shot Trying to Save Woman in Louisiana","datePublished":"2015-11-23T14:10:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T23:11:42.000Z","description":"Tulane med student Peter Gold remains in critical condition","url":"https://time.com/4124123/tulane-good-samaritan-peter-gold/","keywords":["Crime","new orleans","shot"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66e114991e337684/69887263bc6cfc68e33da82f/tulane-university-medical-student.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66e114991e337684/69887263bc6cfc68e33da82f/tulane-university-medical-student.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tulane University Announces Cuts To Programs, Staff","caption":"Tulane University medical school is seen December 9, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.","creditText":"Chris Graythen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4124123/tulane-good-samaritan-peter-gold/","name":"Good Samaritan Shot Trying to Save Woman in Louisiana"}}]}] ```