Man Shot After He Stops To Help Woman Who Was Mugged Near RenCen

A 61-year-old Good Samaritan was shot in the eye near the Renaissance Center Monday morning, according to WWJ’s Citybeat Reporter Vickie Thomas.

The shooting took place at Atwater Street and St. Antoine, just east of the the RenCen, when the unidentified man pulled over to assist a woman who appeared to be crying, police told Thomas.

At that point, two men shot the man. He is listed in critical condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital, according to the Free Press. The two men who attacked him fled the scene.