GET WELL! EMT Rich McMahon was released from the hospital on Thursday, 1 day after being shot in his shoulder while treating an allegedly drunk and disorderly patient inside his ambulance on Staten Island.
When the driver of the ambulance pulled over, they say McCauley fled out the back door.
He was quickly apprehended by a retired NYPD detective and off-duty Department of Sanitation lieutenant.McMahon was transported by his partner to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was treated and released Thursday to applause and cheers. McMahon's family has been told the bullet narrowly missed his heart, and not coincidentally, his mother posted on Facebook that he"has the biggest heart."A 38-caliber revolver held together by black electrical tape was recovered at the scene.Police say that in addition to the gun, the suspect also had a knife and pepper spray on him.
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