NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police say a gunman was shot to death with his own weapon after accosting a couple at gunpoint as they walked through a New Orleans neighborhood.
It happened Thursday night when a 26-year-old man approached another man and a woman who were walking in the city’s Bywater area. He pulled a gun and forced the two to walk to the yard of a nearby school building that is under renovation. Then, the gunman began to sexually assault the woman. However, the other man was able to disarm the assailant and shoot him.
The dead man’s name has not been released.
Police interviewed the woman and the man who fired the fatal shot. No charges were filed and their names were not made public. The case will be reviewed by prosecutors.
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