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US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by Oladat(m): 4:30pm On Jun 26, 2023
A US woman has been charged with murder after shooting an Uber driver she thought was kidnapping her, police say.
According to police in the border city of El Paso, Texas, Phoebe Copas believed she was being taken into Mexico.
She then shot driver Daniel Piedra Garcia, the authorities said in a statement.
The 52-year-old died in hospital after several days on life support.
As she was in the car, Copas saw traffic signs that read Juarez, Mexico, according to police documents.
The two cities lie side-by-side on either side of the US-Mexico border.
Police documents further explain that after thinking she was being kidnapped, Copas pulled a gun from her handbag and shot the driver in the head. The car then hit barriers before coming to a stop.
Copas - who is from Kentucky but was visiting her boyfriend - is alleged to have then called the emergency number 911, took a photo of the driver and texted it to her boyfriend.
"The investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas' destination," El Paso police statement said.

SOURCE:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66018656
Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by TemplarLandry: 4:31pm On Jun 26, 2023
Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by Mahone05: 4:31pm On Jun 26, 2023
A lot of mental cases very well dressed, we have no idea how dangerous they can be in a little misunderstanding.
A family probably has lost a breadwinner


May the soul of the uber driver rest in peace

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Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by YinkaOlusesi16(m): 4:33pm On Jun 26, 2023
She is on drug.
Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by SangoOlukosoOba(m): 4:35pm On Jun 26, 2023
Trigger happy Americans. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by Dpen11(f): 4:39pm On Jun 26, 2023
They didn't pass through training,like the one's we get from our Nigeria mother's, that's why they misbehave

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Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by Olawrites: 7:29pm On Jun 26, 2023
Food don ready for anti-Japa people grin
Re: US Woman Shoots Uber Driver She Believed Was Kidnapping Her by Promise47(m): 11:46am On Jun 27, 2023
Gun Crime gun violence but I still love USA and Americans I can live there till I'm old and retired
Oladat:
A US woman has been charged with murder after shooting an Uber driver she thought was kidnapping her, police say.
According to police in the border city of El Paso, Texas, Phoebe Copas believed she was being taken into Mexico.
She then shot driver Daniel Piedra Garcia, the authorities said in a statement.
The 52-year-old died in hospital after several days on life support.
As she was in the car, Copas saw traffic signs that read Juarez, Mexico, according to police documents.
The two cities lie side-by-side on either side of the US-Mexico border.
Police documents further explain that after thinking she was being kidnapped, Copas pulled a gun from her handbag and shot the driver in the head. The car then hit barriers before coming to a stop.
Copas - who is from Kentucky but was visiting her boyfriend - is alleged to have then called the emergency number 911, took a photo of the driver and texted it to her boyfriend.
"The investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas' destination," El Paso police statement said.

SOURCE:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66018656

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