Authorities say Uber driver Daniel J. Piedra Garcia, was shot and later died at a hospital in El Paso, Texas, after Phoebe Copas, who mistakenly believed Garcia was attempting to kidnap her and take her to Mexico, opened fire on the 52-year-old driver during a ride. KTSM reports.
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Usual Suspect🦍🦍🦍
Uber need to give these drivers free life insurance as part of the job
A racist witch
I wonder if she was on something and that made her paranoid.
Deserves the death penalty but life in prison is mandatory. Are society is better of without her.
She was way to trigger happy. She wasn’t even in clear danger.
Let me guess..she will get next to no consequence?
I was going to do Uber, but these horror stories. I will be getting a metal detector and if you armed you cant enter.
RIP , now jail time😢
Why is it always black people smh
premeditated murder. give her the death penalty. she thought she could commit the perfect crime. she made a mistake.
Hope she rots in jail 😖
Wtaf?
Prejudice against men. Shame on women that see men as preditors!
Just makes me sick and my blood boil that racism still exists! 😡😢💔🤢
Poor man. RIP
My heart goes out to the family of the Uber driver.
Uber really “banned the rider” from the app after hearing about there actions….. like really? gee golly whiz good job Uber justice served
Banning her not enough
And this is why you don’t give guns to idiots.
😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😳there was NOT racial profiling at all !!!!! 😳😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
where was the good guy with the gun republicans????
More guns = more gun shots.
She wont get an uber in jail
Im so confused. If she was frightened of him for some reason, why didn’t he just drop her off and let her go? It’s so sad it came to this.
The murderer looks bat crazy!
“you aint gotta worry girl. nobody want to kidnap you girl you mad-ugly”
After today, I’m pretty much done with doing Uber/Lyft rides. Majority of the riders I had were very nice but the ones that were bad …they were really bad!!! I cannot afford a dash cam right now and have made reports already on certain passengers. As a black female trying to make a living. I’ll go another way.
Ridiculous. Jail her now.
Her story is BS. She more than likely tried to rob the driver along with her bf and she shot him
Thats what happens when you have a firearm. The only way you wana resolve an issue is by shooting someone. Woman’s fear could have easily been dealt with by a dialogue but why would you talk when you got a gun talking for you.. crazy love of guns !!
Something not adding up
I can bet she did that because of the way he looked.
May Rest in Peace and pray that family finds love and strength in this difficult time.
We never know how we will leave but we can always let our loved ones know that we love them dearly time is everything
Unbelievable she did this killed an innocent man that was the only provider for his home. I hope she rots in prison!!! She deserves the max sentence!!!! My condolences to the family of this hardworking man RIP!
Every lunatic in this country is armed
This is so senseless. Why would she think that Garcia was kidnapping her if he was bringing her to her destination via another route?
This is one of the rare instances I think a death penalty is warranted
This behavior should never be tolerated in our society, what ever story she made up in her mind to take this peaceful man away should be the same one the jury hears before they lock her up for life , 🥲 she killed this man because she was having negative thoughts.
Women moment ☕️
It’s just her excuse. She is probably itching so bad to hurt someone
It’s funny that women these days things that whole world are around her lol😂. And everyone is here to take advantage of her😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬 they need to fix that
Smh she needs to pay for what she did
Black colour 😡🤬🤬😡
RIP
How stupid can you get?
This woman:
The Dems have emboldened these thugs. The report doesn’t report the if she had a license to be carrying a fire arm. She’s a racist who sees all brown people as Mexicans. She saw the sign to Mexico and she killed the driver without hesitation or thought. Get this thug to Death Row! No bail!
To the sleeper cells: “Welcome to America”
It’s Uber fault. Uber does background check on the drivers before hire them. It has never do background checks on the passengers all Uber cares it’s money. Senseless
This is truly tragic .
No prayers or sending hearts. Where is the Go Fund me?
This is why I stopped picking up passengers and only did food for a while
I don’t believe for a second that she thought she was being kidnapped. She wanted to murder someone that day.
That woman is pathetic. I hope she gets the book thrown at her. My condolences to the family!
How do you just shot someone there had to have been a conversation
So many steps she skipped before pulling out that gun. She deserves jail time.
This trashy women seems to have been a racist! Hope she gets charged with the max possible. Such a shame
The photo of her makes me believe that she is high something and had no clue how to get to her destination using different routes, or she has some serious paranoia issues
I do not believe she thought she was being kidnapped. I think it was planned. Her and her boyfriend planned it, to murder, then rob or steal the vehicle. Her boyfriend showed up to the scene before the cops arrived. Why didn’t he pick her up in the first place, instead of her getting an Uber ride. He got there awfully fast.
Racial profiling, I thought that only happened to black people. What black people want to stop is the first thing they do 😒
😡😡😡😡😡
Dará. Uber ceo. Continue making 3 dollars. Base pay. Drivers. Love. You
Im California Uber eats. Drivers love to do free work.
Guns take lives!!
Guns protect lives!!
You should be required to speak English to be an Uber driver. If you wanna run a taco stand no problem. If You’re gonna drive people around the Mexican border and can’t speak English problem.
She wasn’t held hostage. His back was to her. How tf did she think she was being kidnapped? A man lost his life because of her stupidity. Put her in jail and throw away the key
Was he illegal?
Sounds like a racist to me 😳
Truly an American dream moment
Mental illness is rampant
The immense and sheer ineptitude and delusion displayed by this worthless subhuman is mind boggling, to say the least. R.I.P. Mr. Garcia and my condolences to the entire Garcia family.
So sad !! RIP Sir🙏🏾
Condolences to family and friends. He is in heaven praying for us. As a ride share driver myself, we often get blamed and judged, unfairly and inaccurately
She still need s to go to jail
Another checkmark on the “Americans are nuts” chart. In time you will start shooting the clouds to stop it raining bullets.
What a dummy!! You can see your route on the app!! She should absolutely be charged to the fullest extent
Such a sad situation. How horrible.
Crazy how he kidnapped you if you called him to take you were you want to go?
Leftist karens are dangerous
Check out the other reports….youll see she is a sociopath.
Hope she gets the chair
Life in prison
So many stupid and crazy people now
I think in some cases it’s racism.Sad but true🎉
Attempted carjacking/ murder.
Rest In Peace🙏🤍🕊🙏♥️
Is UBER going to compensate the family?? At least pay for the funeral??
Black people CAN be racist
At the end Black people are racist too. So what are they crying about it? It’s so annoying. Great job educating people! You’re the best country on Earth. What a joke.
Crazy times we living in
Traffic her for what? 48yrs old? They don’t want you 😡
In Asia, when you thought you’re being kidnapped by the cab driver, you shout for help & try to get out of the taxi. In the U.S., when you suspected that you’re being kidnapped, you shoot the cabbie. Brilliant!! 🤦♂️
and people complain about police being “trigger happy”
Hopefully she goes to jail for manslaughter
Lock that Karen up. If you’re going to take a life because you think you’re in danger (which had the man been white I don’t think she would’ve done this) then you’d better be right or be prepared to go to prison for murder if you’re wrong.
I seriously doubt she just shot him without telling him first stop the car right now and let me out. There was some verbal altercation leading up to this…
Black people.