Update: Suspect identified in shooting of Tulane Medical School student 
 
 Update: Suspect identified in shooting of Tulane Medical School student 
 
 UPDATE, 3 p.m. Sunday: A suspect has been identified in the shooting of Tulane Medical School student Peter Gold, officials said Sunday. 
 
 21-year-old Euric Cain is wanted in connection with the shooting, police said at a press conference Sunday afternoon. Cain's SUV was found Sunday morning in the 2200 block of John Raphael Place, Police Chief Michael Harrison said. 
 
 Gold continues to improve, but remains in guarded condition at the hospital. 
 
 The woman who was abducted continues to cooperate, police said. 
 
 A $12,500 reward is being offered for any information on Cain or the shooting. Cain is wanted for attempted first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and armed robbery. 
 
 Original story: 
 
 Fourth-year Tulane Medical School student Peter Gold was driving on Magazine Street at 4 a.m. Friday when he spotted a woman being carried against her will to a nearby car on St. Mary Street. 
 
 He backed up and turned against traffic on St. Mary, pulling up to the woman — by now crumpled on the sidewalk — and rushed to her aid, cellphone in hand. 
 
 As he crouched at her side, the man who had been carrying her moments before jumped out of a light-colored sport utility vehicle with a semi-automatic weapon and pointed it at Gold’s face. 
 
 He pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed. 
 
 Lowering the weapon, he shot Gold in the stomach. 
 
 Gold fell to the ground, wincing, and the man pointed the gun at his head a second time and pulled the trigger. 
 
 The gun jammed again. 
 
 Twice more, the assailant tried to shoot Gold in the head. Each time, the gun jammed, and the man glanced furtively over his shoulder, shaking the malfunctioning weapon. 
 
 Finally, he gave up, jumped in his vehicle and sped away, leaving the gut-shot good Samaritan and the woman the man had tried to abduct behind him on the sidewalk. 
 
 The chilling footage, captured by a private security camera positioned overhead, was turned over Friday morning to the New Orleans Police Department. As of Friday evening, the department said the shooter was still at large, and Gold was in guarded condition, surrounded by family and friends at University Medical Center. He is expected to make a full recovery. 
 
 Tulane University is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and indictment of the assailant. 
 
 The woman, whom police did not identify, was treated for minor injuries and released. 
 
 Unedited raw video footage of the incident viewed by The New Orleans Advocate shows the woman being carried by a man in a hooded sweatshirt. She lifts her feet off the ground in apparent protest as they near the car. 
 
 At that point, the man sets her down to open the driver’s side door. He pulls her purse from her hands as she slumps to the ground. Then, he gets in the car. 
 
 That’s the moment Gold arrives and goes straight to the woman. The assailant appears to demand money from Gold, who is seen holding up his hands in protest before he is shot. 
 
 In an email to students, Tulane President Michael Fitts said he was “shocked and saddened” by news of the shooting. 
 
 Gold, 25, originally from Longwood, Florida, did his undergraduate work at Tulane and was active in Tulane Hillel, a Jewish organization on campus. 
 
 “I ask that you keep Peter and his family in your thoughts and prayers,” Fitts said in the email. “He is an outstanding student who represents the best of Tulane in every possible way.” 
 
 Michele Adams, who taught Gold while he was an undergraduate sociology student, said she was stunned to hear the news but not surprised that Gold would risk his safety to help someone he thought was in danger. 
 
 “That is so Peter,” she said. “He was always engaged, involved with his peers and just an amazing person, so it doesn’t surprise me to hear he was trying to help someone. ‘Selfless’ is what comes to mind.” 
 
 Adams, an associate professor and chairwoman of Tulane’s department of sociology, said Gold was chosen from about 60 students the year he graduated to receive the department’s Outstanding Student award. She recalled his honors thesis, which analyzed the ways people used social media on their cellphones to connect with one another. 
 
 “Peter is really one of the nicest people you would ever meet, and he is an amazing student, I’m sure, even in med school,” she said. 
 
 The cold-blooded nature of the attempted execution — and the widely viewed high-resolution video documenting it — sent new shock waves through Uptown neighborhoods shaken by several brazen armed robberies in recent months. 
 
 Lt. Nick Gernon told reporters outside the 6th District police station on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Friday evening that Gold could very well have been another fatality if the shooter’s gun had not jammed. 
 
 He said that all police have to go on is the vehicle and the video footage, which shows a black male just under 6 feet tall, in his 20s or 30s. 
 
 “Right now, we’re asking the public to look at the video,” Gernon said. “There are some parts of it where you can see the person’s face, and you can see the SUV he flees in.” 
 
 “Obviously, the level of violence we saw this morning is disturbing, and we would hope that will compel someone to come forward and give us the information we need,” he said. “We don’t solve these cases without the community’s help, and that’s what we’re asking for here.” 
 
 Anyone with information about the shooter is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or post a tip at crime stoppersgno.org. 
 
 Follow Chad Calder on Twitter, @Chad_Calder. ||||| NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police have identified a man accused of shooting a medical student who stopped an apparent kidnapping. 
 
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 This undated photo released by the New Orleans Police Department shows Euric Cain, who is accused of shooting a medical student who stopped an apparent kidnapping. Police say Cain of New Orleans is wanted... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police say 21-year-old Euric Cain of New Orleans is wanted on charges of armed robbery, second-degree kidnapping and attempted first-degree murder. 
 
 Tulane University and Crimestoppers are offering up to $12,500 for information leading to arrest and indictment. 
 
 Surveillance video released by police shows a man dragging a woman toward an SUV early Friday, and 25-year-old Peter Gold pulling up and trying to help her. 
 
 Police say the man demanded money and shot Gold when he said he didn't have any. A misfire apparently foiled an attempt to shoot him in the head. 
 
 The woman was treated for minor injuries. 
 
 Tulane spokesman Keith Brannon says Gold's family said Sunday that he's improving but remains in guarded condition. ||||| The New Orleans Police Department Sunday announced that they are looking for 21-year-old Euric Cain as a suspect in the shooting of Tulane Medical School fourth-year student Peter Gold early Friday. 
 
 Gold, 25, stopped his car upon seeing a man dragging a woman toward an SUV in the 1000 block of Saint Mary Street, police said. When he tried to help, police said the gunman pointed a weapon at Gold and demanded his money. 
 
 New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Superintendent Michael Harrison announced the identification at a news conference at the department's headquarters Sunday afternoon. They said Cain is wanted on charges of attempted first degree murder, second degree kidnapping and armed robbery. 
 
 Harrison also confirmed that the woman had been treated and released for injuries she sustained during the incident, including bruises. The victim was interviewed by detectives on Sunday, Harrison said. 
 
 An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Gold as a resident. The Tulane Medical School has identified him as a fourth-year student. ||||| NEW ORLEANS -- A Tulane Medical student is fighting for his life after being shot Uptown trying to stop an attempted abduction. 
 
 Investigators say security cameras caught a close up of the gunman and his getaway car. Eyewitness News Reporter Tania Dall spoke with an eyewitness who says he saw the crime unfold. 
 
 "He did not seem to care at all. It seemed like a very natural, nonchalant process for him to go ahead and take somebody's life," said a man who witnessed the crime and asked to not be identified. 
 
 The image caught on surveillance video is a chilling one. It shows a woman who police now say was drunk, being dragged in the 1000 block of St. Mary Street by a hooded man at 4 a.m. on Friday morning. 
 
 The scene caught the attention of Peter Gold who was driving by. The 25-year-old turned his car around to help the young woman. The eyewitness says he heard the commotion, which quickly unfolded and led to the violent crime. 
 
 "I heard a guy yelling outside saying: 'I don't have any more money,'" said the eyewitness. 
 
 The gunman is captured on security cameras pulling the trigger and shooting Gold once. The suspect then aims at the victim's head, trying to shoot him three more times, but investigators say the gun appeared to be jammed. Police said the suspect demanded money from Gold then shot him because he said he did not have cash. The suspect took the woman's purse and left the scene. 
 
 "When I looked outside, the guy with the gun with the clip hanging out shot him in the stomach. I couldn't tell that then. He was lying on the ground, and then I saw him try to execute him," said the witness. 
 
 The good Samaritan who stopped is a fourth year Tulane medical student who is now fighting for his life after receiving a bullet wound to his abdomen. 
 
 New Orleans police say cameras captured clear images of the man and his getaway car. 
 
 "There's no greater selfless act than to stop and help someone perhaps who you don't know, for reasons you don't know," said NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison. 
 
 Police said the suspect is a black man and he was wearing a dark hooded jacket. Tulane University is even offering up a $10,000 reward to anyone who can help crack the troubling case. 
 
 "Let me make that clear you can't hide and run. We are going to catch you," said Chief Harrison. 
 
 Police say Gold is in "guarded" condition at the hospital and the woman seen in the surveillance video was treated for minor injuries and released. 
 
 If you recognize the suspect in the video call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111. 
 
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– A medical student in New Orleans is incredibly lucky to be alive after being shot in the stomach while foiling an attempted kidnapping Friday morning, police say. In footage obtained by the New Orleans Police Department, a suspect identified as 21-year-old Euric Cain can be seen shooting Peter Gold in the stomach and then pointing the gun at his head and pulling the trigger, only to have the weapon apparently jam, the Advocate reports. Police say that after Gold stopped at around 4am to help the young woman he saw the suspect dragging along the street, the suspect demanded money from him and shot him after he said he didn't have any, the AP reports. Police have praised the actions of 25-year-old Gold, who is in his fourth year at Tulane University School of Medicine. "There's no greater selfless act than to stop and help someone perhaps who you don't know, for reasons you don't know," NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison tells WWLTV. Cain is wanted on charges of attempted first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, and armed robbery, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The AP reports that the woman was treated for minor injuries received during the incident, while Gold is improving but remains in "guarded" condition in a hospital, his family says. (Sixteen people were injured in a shootout at a New Orleans playground on Sunday night.)