By Faith Miller | The Republic
A man who rescued a young woman assaulted by a purse snatcher died Friday after a fight with the attacker, Phoenix police said.
Officer James R. Holmes, a police spokesman, gave this account of the incident:
A man approached a group of people standing outside a Phoenix residence near Interstate 10 and 48th Street shortly after midnight and attempted to grab a purse belonging to a 23-year-old woman.