Suspect ID'd in Shooting of New Orleans Medical Student

The suspect police are searching for in the shooting of a New Orleans medical student was identified Sunday as a man with a lengthy rap sheet.

Euric Cain, 21, remained on the run Sunday after shooting Tulane University resident Peter Gold, 25, early Friday morning when the student stopped to help a woman who Cain appeared to be dragging down the street.

Most of the ordeal was caught on surveillance video, in which Cain can be seen shooting Gold in the stomach before pointing the gun at him again and attempting to shoot him at least two more times. Police said Cain's gun jammed before he stole the female victim's purse and fled.

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