A Staten Island EMT recalled the second he was shot within the shoulder by a “suicidal” intoxicated affected person on Wednesday evening.
Richard McMahon, 25, mentioned his terrifying ordeal throughout an interview with The Publish whereas recovering at his Shore Acres dwelling after being discharged from Richmond College Medical Middle on Thursday.
McMahon had responded to a 911 name for an unconscious individual exterior Funkey Monkey Lounge on Forest Avenue and Llewellyn Place in Port Richmond round 7:40 p.m., officers stated.
Thomas McCauley, 37, was laying on the bottom when McMahon assessed him and determined he wanted medical remedy, the EMT stated.
“I used to be asking him questions at the back of the ambulance as we drove, you understand, affected person historical past,” McMahon defined.
“I requested if he had any medicines and he stated that he had a psych historical past. So I requested him if he was suicidal and he stated ‘sure.’
“I used to be writing down the medicines that he ought to have been taking and … I appeared up and there was a gun pointed immediately at me. I heard ‘Bang!’ and because the shot got here out I flinched,” stated McMahon, who stated he was solely three ft away from the suspect.
McMahon then yelled out “I’m shot! I’m shot!” to his accomplice, who pulled over to the aspect of the street, he recounted.
“As she was coming round I pulled the gun from his arms. I twisted it out of his arms and when she opened the door I used to be nonetheless scuffling with him,” the heroic EMT stated.
McCauley fled out the again of the ambulance on foot however was caught with the assistance of a retired NYPD detective and off-duty Division of Sanitation Lieutenant Joseph Perrone, police stated.
McMahon stated the assault caught him completely off guard, however on reflection, he believes the suicidal suspect wished to be killed by police.
“He appeared like your on a regular basis drunk on the bar who simply drank an excessive amount of. He didn’t appear harmful,” McMahon stated.
“However now considering again and figuring out what he had on him, I feel it was premeditated.
“I feel he had a plan. I feel he was suicidal and attempting to get himself killed. I don’t know if he thought I used to be a cop or what however, I feel he had a plan.”
Police didn't reply to the preliminary 911 name as a result of it was designated as an “ambulance case,” the NYPD stated.
Fees have been nonetheless pending in opposition to McCauley Thursday night, police stated.
McMahon, who was being tended to by his mom Kathleen and girlfriend Alexa, stated the occasion seems like “a foul dream.”
“I’ve had combative sufferers earlier than however none that pulled a gun on the best way to the hospital! Sadly, it’s the world we reside in. It occurs rather more than is made public” he stated.
Perrone, a member of the Division of Sanitation’s environmental police, spoke to The Publish on the hospital the place he was visiting McMahon earlier than the wounded man was taken dwelling in an ambulance with a Rolling Thunder escort.
“I reside locally. I used to be out with my household on the nook of Piedmont and Forest after I heard a commotion. I heard the EMT screaming, ‘He shot my accomplice! He shot my accomplice!'” Perrone defined.
The off-duty officer then jumped into motion to assist the retired cop who had caught up with McCauley, who was “incoherent,” he stated.
“I didn’t have cuffs on me however I helped subdue him then I seen the gun. I simply needed to take away the gun from the state of affairs,” Perrone stated.
McMahon had profusely thanked the Sanitation employee for coming to his help throughout their go to, Perrone informed The Publish.
“He’s doing good. He’s in good spirits. He’s very fortunate and he is aware of he’s very fortunate. It might have been so much worse!”
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