An Uber driver in Englewood narrowly escaped a shooting incident during a ride. The driver picked up a passenger who requested to be taken to a location and then dropped back off at home. As they neared the passenger's home, their car was rear-ended and shot at. The driver managed to avoid another vehicle trying to block them and raced to safety. The driver eventually had to stop due to their tires being shot out.
Humberto Hernandez was driving for Uber when he picked up a request for a ride in Englewood early Wednesday. But what was supposed to be a quick ride soon turned deadly.The passenger requested to be picked up and taken to a location before being dropped back off at home.Hernandez, 31, said he drove Dontius Wilson, 23, to his requested location and waited to give him a ride back home around 1 a.m.
After calling for help, Hernandez said he went back to his car to help Wilson but saw he had been shot and was unconscious."He was covered in blood, and I didn’t know what to do. I just had to wait for the police to arrive," Hernandez said.Wilson was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He later died at the hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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