Police say an Ohio man accused of murdering an Uber driver wrongly believed she was involved in an ongoing phone scam. WDTN’s Grace Hewitt reports.
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#Ohio #Uber #Shooting
This is so tragic 😭, should of never happened, she was no threat 😢
This is bs . That guy murdered her for no reason .
If that was someone that I knew… the old man and
the scam caller would not be the only ones to go to j-
No…actually scratch that
The old man and the scam caller would not be the only ones
to NOT be living for very long right now.
The police officer tells the fake one–on the other end of the line–what happened. A real police officer would not have revealed information without knowing who they were talking to.
Poor lady couldn’t even walk. Both are victims. They need to find the guy blackmailing the property owner.
Swatting
This is so incredibly sad!!!
They don’t say he shot a woman, just an Uber driver. That limping woman got shot in the head. FD he have to shoot her for!? She’s yelling “help!! help!!!” They said “he shot her, they fought, and he shot her two more times.” The media made her look like the aggressor when she was the victim of the caller and the shooter.
That caller’s circle knew that man very well. Well enough to know he wouldn’t call police. I would question the person that the “ransom” was centered around.
the phone company should be held liable for letting scammers have our number 👀
This devil!?
We all know he just fantasized about doing this for a very long time. He most likely purchased one of Trump’s autographed bibles.
Politicagem, sabiam q ia dar nisso, encheram o saco do velho, e sabiam que ele é das antigas e não ia deixar barato, então mandaram uma mulher negra inocente, ela pagou o pato, no final tudo não passa de uma grande jogada política para desarmar o povo… Minha opinião..
Dear Uber– give that person up.. they got a driver killed.. they can get a number and start new account.. — that not fair to the family..
These gig companies don’t care about their drivers.
Only in America.
The fact she kept saying allegedly is annoying af! 😡
He looks more like j biden the killer
This case should be investigated, the Uber caller and everyone else that took part in the scam should be identified and charged.
This man had been threatened and was reacting in a state of fear thinking he was confronting a criminal, I do not condone killing anybody but this is not a clear-cut case.
america
Ignorance is not a defense. Premeditated murder and kidnapping
Don’t trust anybody period to be around
This guy is crazy.
minority report
🤦🏾♂️
Why would I be upset ? The price of eggs is upsetting .
So what now with this case? Was the scammer identified? Where to watch the end of this story?
The woman is holding her phone, he took it AFTER shooting her dead?
Race Crime…That County Where Murder Happened is Known To Be Racist..One Reason i carry as a Black Man in Ohio..I Have To Defend Myself Against Racists Police 👮♀️ 👮♂️, White People, and My own kind…😢
america
Whoever setup the uber request might have mistakenly pin the location to a wrong address. There is no malicious intent. The man was white so that there is no case to file a charge. Please go home everyone. There is nothing to see here.
He killed himself physically and spiritually + old man 🙈 ohhh lord
Cant blame the old man or the lady. Both are victims of deceitful criminals.
CALL TO uber SUPPORT
” UBER this is SHERRIFF #### from ####COUNTY, one of your drivers has been shot and is now deceased ,after proceeding to do a parel delivery pickup”
UBER SUPPORT —
” hey SHERRIFF, cool name, we are so sorry to hear this has happened , so have the following suggestions ”
1 restart your phone
2 uninstall , reinstall your app
3 press cancel on the fare , we will refund you on the fare
4 we will try and find you a new driver
5 you are in luck, there is another uber driver within 20 feet of your location
6 the account being used to order the fare ,will be suspended
7 to protect the data and privacy of the account older we cannot advise you of our findings
8 let me assure you , the original driver will be suspended off the uber platform and receive no support ,while we cut them off and their livelihood
9 thankyou for using uber support
Have a nice day, phone clicks,line goes dead
This is STANDARD UBER PROCESS ,must stick to script
Poor lady, I feel so sorry for her and her family.
Uber have such callous disregard for human life.
That old man has zero friends to discuss about the scams?
Someone sitting in a seeded room trying to scam done got a person making a honest living killed
In the good old days we handle things this way 😂
This doesnt make sense. The unber person said that she received a phone call from the same number and it was the same number as the officer that called the suspect. Said the officer asked him to come into the station but never turned up but that same number allegedly the police number that was calling the suspect multiple times was the number that called uber. Why would the alleged policeman call uber to go to his house???
That poor woman😢 She must have been so scared. The scammers need life innprison
If that was black man shooting white woman these comments would be much different. Bunch of mf hypocrites
What would comment be? Any examples 🤔
@@technoblade9924 don’t play dumb
@@5fr4ewq cry 🤡
The yts strike again
Back story: The old man was talking to a scammer via phone call and said that they will send someone over to take the USD 12,000 or else something will happen to his nephew.
The older guy didn’t know how Uber works (she was booked by the scammer) and asked for the package. The old guy thought she was with them and shot her :/
So he shoots an innocent person over a “scam” from an invisible person….. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄
What a pos. No justice in this one bc the man has already lived his life. Jail will be a retirement plan at this point.
Voodoo is real. What’s this Man’s name.
Who is the person that set her up ?
Americans are mad because trump is not happy
Answering a landline is almost as silly as even still having one. It’s like my mailbox: 100% trash unless I’m expecting something. If I don’t recognize your caller ID you’re going straight to voicemail.
The sound of fear terror coming from that poor woman. If that dont keep you up, then you’re just as bad as that evil sob that shot her.
Poor lady , that’s so sad
If he only called 911 when he recived the ransom calls and when the Uber lady came to pick up a nonexistant package. He would be in his living room watching tv right now.😮
White dude getting a pass. This is crap
This man should go to jail. THIS IS MURDER PERIOD!!!
Fafo
I dont know .may be he was under the stress but i ffel he had that decided before she got there . Its bad a situation dor both why didnt he report the scam calla
If your black you can break the law and get no punishment
old man in jail for life and caller should be put in jail too
That person needs to be charged with scaming and lying to be a Police Officer. We should push for Police to find the caller and charge with impersonating a Officer
Shouldn’t the person who caused all of this be charged with accessory to a crime?
I can guarantee you that Uber could care less about that driver, that sorrowful response is a joke. If they care about their drivers so much why are they trying to pay them as little as possible and they get zero benefits to top it off
Everysince white people got mad at me for no reason over George Floyd and I didn’t even protest or speak on it or blm. I realized that things in this world are just outta my hand and it’s nothing I can do about it. I just gotta except fate like this women. 😢😢😢
These WM are deleting BW on a frequent basis WOW sad
Sounds like someone set them both up. How sad.
America? Scammer gets banned and crazy old fart with a gun fires off 3 rounds in to someone.
That old Billy Goat was just waiting one day to use that weapon against anyone. He’s a miserable old fart just look at him.
I drive for Lyft. I was kicked off Uber for something stupid with insurance that was good enough for Lyft. Anyways. I do more door dash because I can make the same money and the biggest threat now is dogs. It’s not safe for ride share drivers and the money is the same as food delivery??? To top it off almost everybody tips for food but almost never for rides. Pay us more or shove it. It’s low pay for one of the more dangerous jobs in this country.
State of Ohio, no surprise
Stop doing ride share gigs, let them go out of business!
Look for employment elsewhere
Condolences to her family and friends
Most Americans feel deeply for both parties in this incident. A life was lost and that’s saddening. How about focus on the scammers over an elderly man who was frightened for his own life. There is a bigger story here than a political agenda. Most Americans are over this rubbish and want to see real and true reporting once again. Be a reporter! Go and find the scam. Get to the bottom of it. Stop being lazy, comfortable, and pushing politics. That’s not what your job title is. Sadly, there aren’t very many real and good reporters/ media personal anymore. To post a thumbnail like this is asinine. You take a person who has lived an almost full life and tarnish it without a care. You should be ashamed, but you’re most likely not hero’s you don’t care about anyone but yourselves. You’re part of our countries problem. Love your family and friends, everyone. Stop wasting your time watching horrendous reporting such as this and most media. Focus on what you can actually see, not what you’re told/ shown.
The old timer murdered the innocent lady. 1000 words don’t change that simple fact.
Oooh poor woman😢😢😢😢
Trigger happy yank again
Guy should be in jail for life
So Sad and Senseless 😞⚘
Uber dispacher needs to be charged
Well hopefully he spend the rest of his life in prison! She was obviously not a threat to him. She could barely walk. He had a gun on her the whole time and was in complete control he could have just let her leave. But undoubtedly he was a DUMBFUXNEWS desiple and has been feed propaganda for years. And now he had his chance at revenge against all the crime he was told about perpetrated by black people. This was sickening to watch!
Demon old man
poor woman, just trying to earn a living ..
in Palestine .. thousands of women being killed everyday with no mercy .. no one sees .. no one knows
MS-13NBC always pushing the Race Baiting 😂
Everyone blames the man for shooting her, but no one thinks of the fact that he had no way of knowing that she wasn’t in on the scam. That he chooses to point a gun at her to make a point that he will not take such crap is fair. In rage, nor fear you don’t think straight and thus this ended badly.
Poor woman and her family.sad event.
Sells, cannabis, marijuana………
How we know he wasn’t gang stalked by blacks 👁‼️
Springfield….makes sense. (….ohio 🙄)
Uber picks up packages??
That man is a narcissist,that woman was harmless ,she died terrified,he killed because she was black,may the devil take him
That old man knew what he was doing. Scared or not when he saw that old woman he knew she wasn’t a threat
He could have told her to wait a few minutes and then called the police but this was easier for him I guess.
Americans, doing what Americans do…shooting people they don’t know for no reason at all. The leader of the “free” world…yeah right!
😢
I find it funny and actually kind of disgusting that just as many people commented that the person who ordered an Uber to pick up a package as potentially part of a scam should be charged for murder as people calling out the murderer himself.
Lyft/Uber drivers should be allowed to carry firearms for self defense.
0:22 racist face
There’s literally a black mirror episode about this
Tous les américains sont fous et ça devient dangereux pour la planète.
Christian problem
what is the real story here…..disg……ng ppl getting set up against each other
Lord have mercy I can only imagine our innocent history 😢 please just stop the violence
Murder pure and simple. His mind set and some other whites is they considered her and Blacks to be of no value. He felt she was expendable.
She was not a threat to him but was powerless and he felt powerful because he had a gun.
Is Nobody Looking For The Person Who Caused This?
Straight up racism!
Yes, I said it.
Oh no this is crazy, the man was frustraed but she is old he should have dealt with it better. Worst she works with uber. Why didnt he call the police on her then.