Girlfriend of Florida college student shot, killed in Alabama calls him a 'hero'

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The girlfriend of a Florida college student shot and killed in Alabama by a woman pretending to need help is calling him a "hero."Adam Simjee and his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, both students at the University of Central Florida, were driving along a road when they were "flagged down" by a woman, later identified as Yasmine Hider, who "asked the couple if they could give her some assistance to help get her car started," FOX 35 Orlando reports. 

When the couple attempted to assist Hider, she produced a gun and made the couple walk back into the woods for an attempted robbery, a Clay County Sheriff's office release says. 

At some point, after Hider walked them at gunpoint into the woods, Simjee produced a handgun that was concealed on his person. There was an exchange of gunfire, during which the suspect was shot multiple times. Simjee was struck by gunfire as well and died at the scene. Paulus was not injured in the gunfire exchange and was able to call for help, as well as tell investigators about a second suspect who was watching nearby during the incident. 

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Mikayla Paulus, the girlfriend of Adam Simjee, told FOX 35 Orlando these photos of them were taken about an hour before the two were held at gunpoint in a deadly attempted armed robbery. (Mikayla Paulus)

Paulus performed CPR on her boyfriend until first responders arrived. She told FOX 35 off camera that Hider asked for their bank account numbers shortly after they stopped to help her. 

She called her boyfriend a"hero" for stopping the woman from hurting her at the cost of his own