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alp227

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Thu Jan 26, 2012, 07:02 PM Jan 2012

FBI joins manhunt for carjacker who fatally shot good Samaritan [View all]

The FBI has joined New Orleans investigators in their hunt for a carjacker who shot a good Samaritan who then died in front of his young sons, police said Thursday.

"Agents contacted New Orleans police yesterday to offer their help, and detectives accepted the offer because of all the FBI brings to the table," a New Orleans police statement said.

Police provided further details of Wednesday's shooting, saying Harry "Mike" Ainsworth, 44, was shot in the chest after he jumped on a vehicle's hood to help a woman being carjacked.

After being shot by the carjacker, Ainsworth "ran a few feet from the car, collapsed in someone's front yard and died on the scene," the police statement said.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/justice/louisiana-good-samaritan/index.html

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Good Samaritan Roy Rolling Jan 2012 #1
All to save a car from being stolen Politicalboi Jan 2012 #2
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