By Joshua Gardner PUBLISHED: 10:19 EST, 13 May 2013 | UPDATED: 11:06 EST, 13 May 2013 An American man was murdered in the Bahamas over the weekend while attempting to help a woman who was being mugged. Kyle Bruner was in Nassau, Bahamas pursuing his dream of working on tall ships, a type of sailboat. Bruner was a private sailor serving aboard a tall ship that was docked in the island port when he reportedly witnessed a woman being mugged and tried to stop the men as they attempted to snatch her jewelry. Tragic: Kyle Bruner was in Nassau, Bahamas working as first mate on a tall ship when he was shot in the neck and killed while trying to help a woman who was being robbed
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Kyle Bruner of Chicago was working as a first mate on a private ship docked in Nassau when he was shot in the neck and killed Sunday
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