Missing KP Woman Arrested In Attempted Shooting In New Orleans

By Naomi Martin, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune 

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on June 25, 2013 at 4:05 PM, updated June 26, 2013 at 9:39 AM

Kevin Cahill, 29, and Sara Mott, 27

A New York couple was arrested Tuesday after the boyfriend shot another man multiple times in a Central Business District hotel room, police said. Kevin Cahill also accidentally shot his girlfriend in the foot, according to the New Orleans Police Department. 

Police said Cahill, 29, tried to kill a 49-year-old Florida man around 9 a.m. in a hotel room at the Wyndham Garden Plaza Hotel at 201 Baronne Street. Witnesses said the man appeared to be shot in the chest and stomach. Police recovered drugs and a handgun at the scene. 

After the shooting, police said, Cahill and his wounded girlfriend Sara Mott, 27, tried to flee the hotel but were quickly apprehended. Mott was taken to a hospital in good condition; she will be booked on a charge of second degree battery when she is released from the hospital, police said. Click Here for article