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posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 19 2018, @10:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-a-buckhead dept.

An Uber Eats driver is being sought in Atlanta, Georgia for allegedly shooting a customer after a dispute and fleeing the scene:

An UberEATS driver was on the run Monday after a man who ordered a meal from the online food delivery service was killed in a late night shooting in Atlanta over the weekend, police told local media.

The 30-year-old man was shot multiple times after exchanging words with the driver in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police told Atlanta's NBC affiliate WXIA, channel 11.

Also at WSB-TV, 11Alive, and AJC.

Update: Driver accused of shooting customer had been with Uber Eats for 1 week


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @11:35PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @11:35PM (#640339)

    People get shot everyday, why does this matter?

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by MostCynical on Monday February 19 2018, @11:41PM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday February 19 2018, @11:41PM (#640341) Journal

    Your attitude may sum up all that is wrong with US attitudes to guns and violence.

    The important question, is, after shooting the customer, did he get a better tip?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:13AM (5 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:13AM (#640361) Journal

    People get shot everyday

    Not by food delivery services they don't. It it was a daily occurrence, it would kill an entire industry.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:23AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:23AM (#640369)

      From TFA, the shooter is going for a self-defence argument. Said the victim threatened him and reached toward his pocket.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:37AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @12:37AM (#640375)

        That may work for a white shooter / black victim.

      • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday February 20 2018, @01:06AM (1 child)

        by frojack (1554) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @01:06AM (#640377) Journal

        Later TFAs said words were exchanged as the resident walked away toward his lobby, and the security cam backs that up.

        Oddly, the victim is pictured prominently in front of a Hands UP Atlanta poster.

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        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by qzm on Tuesday February 20 2018, @02:47AM

          by qzm (3260) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @02:47AM (#640412)

          I'm going to go for "after the customer scolded him for being late, delivery guy said something stupid to show he was 'the man', then when other guy came back to say 'what the F did you say' so he shot him".

          Is anyone particularly surprised, in a society where being the alpha/winner is treated as the most important thing?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @04:16AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @04:16AM (#640457)
        Too bad yelling "Stop resisting!" etc before murdering people works better for cops than Uber Eats drivers.