Tag: Police: Uber driver said rider was shot during attack
Police: Uber driver said rider was shot during attack
DENVER (AP) — An Uber driver arrested in the fatal shooting of a passenger told a witness that he opened fire after his customer tried to attack him, police said Friday.
However, a partially redacted police report says driver Michael Andre Hancock, 29, declined to talk to investigators without a lawyer present about the shooting on Interstate 25 just before 3 a.m.
Police said the man killed, Hyun Kim, 45, was found lying on the floor board of the car’s front passenger seat.
The witness called 911 and passed the phone to Hancock, who identified himself to the dispatcher, the report said……..