An Uber driver was shot while driving an 18-year-old female in North Philadelphia, police say, with the bullets just missing the teenager.
Police say a bullet came through the rear window of the Honda CR-V, hitting the driver's headrest, then hitting the Uber driver in the back of the head."That 18-year-old passenger who was in the backseat heard the gunshots, heard a bullet go through the back window so she's extremely lucky cause she was missed by getting struck by gunfire by just a few inches," Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
After being shot, police say the Uber driver kept driving before losing control, crossing Broad Street, jumping the curb and striking a utility pole on the 1400 block of W Lehigh Avenue. Officers found the driver unresponsive in the vehicle. He is listed in very critical condition at Temple University Hospital."We don't have a motive for the shooting. We don't know if someone was intentionally firing at the Uber driver's vehicle or if he was struck by stray gunfire," Small said.
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