The President of Tulane University, where Peter Gold attends medical school, has made a statement about the arrest of Gold’s attacker. Gold had tried stopping an attack on a woman last week and got shot by her attacker.
Michael Fitts wrote of his “gratitude and relief that the suspect in Friday’s shooting of Tulane medical student Peter Gold has been arrested.” The New Orleans Police Department arrested 21-year-old Euric Cain at the home of his girlfriend, and then arrested the girlfriend on charges of accessory after the fact for hiding Cain.
Cain shot Gold Friday morning around 4:00 am., at the 1000 block of Saint Mary Street when Gold tried intervening as Cain attempted to abduct a woman.
Cain is being charged with Attempted First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, Attempted Armed Robbery and Second Degree Kidnapping.
Cain is being held without bail.
“We are indebted to the New Orleans Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Service for apprehending the suspect in this case,” said Fitts. “We continue to keep Peter and the Gold family utmost in our thoughts and ask everyone to do the same. We also ask that everyone continue to respect the Gold family’s need for privacy.
Gold’s condition is currently “guarded” but he “continues to improve.”
Here is the reaction of the Mayor and Police Chief upon knowing the prep was arrested:
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