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Suspects Wanted After Uber Driver Shot 6 Times in Akron
AKRON, OHIO, JUL 18 – The 39-year-old driver was shot six times by a passenger who fled, with police treating the case as attempted murder amid rising violence against service drivers in Akron.
- On Thursday night just before 9:30 p.m., a 39-year-old Uber driver from Bedford was shot six times on Sanford Avenue in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood.
- A rising trend of attacks on service drivers in Akron includes a May rifle shooting of a Lyft driver on Bisson Avenue and last month’s carjacking on Garth Avenue.
- At about 9:24 p.m., officers found the wounded driver, both suspects fled on foot and remain at large, and Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating.
- An Uber spokesperson said `We are shocked and sickened by this violence,` and the company has banned the rider from its platform.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to call the Akron Police Detective Bureau at 330-375-2490, and anonymous tips can be submitted via the Akron PD app or Summit County Crimestoppers.
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