FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A Fort Bragg soldier is being called a hero after he ran toward the sound of gunshots while pumping gas last weekend.
Private First Class Patrick Montgomery was at a Fayetteville gas station when he heard the shots at a nearby pawn shop.
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"It probably wasn't smart going up there, but he probably would've been dead if I didn't," Montgomery said.
He said he followed a trail of blood and found a worker inside the shop who had been shot.
Montgomery used a "power cord" for a tourniquet to slow down the bleeding until EMS arrived.
The worker is expected to make a full recovery. Police are still looking for the shooter.