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jpak

(41,756 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:03 PM Mar 2016

Man charged in Michigan shootings: Uber app took him over

Source: Houston Chronicle

DETROIT (AP) — A man charged with killing six people in a series of shootings in southwestern Michigan interspersed with stints as an Uber driver told investigators he was being controlled by the ride-hailing app through his cellphone, police said Monday.

According to a police report, Jason Dalton told authorities, "it feels like it is coming from the phone itself" and he didn't know how to describe that. He also described something "like an artificial presence," the report said.

Dalton is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Kalamazoo-area shootings Feb. 20 outside an apartment complex, a restaurant and at a car lot. Two people survived. Investigators say Dalton didn't know the victims and described the shootings as "random." They still are trying to determine a motive. A judge earlier this month ordered Dalton to undergo a mental competency exam.

The details are in documents released by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and Kalamazoo County sheriff's office in response to public records requests by The Associated Press and others.

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Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Man-charged-in-Michigan-shootings-told-wife-6889188.php

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Cavallo

(348 posts)
2. I expect this from Trump follwers on Twitter, getting the suggestions through their smart phones.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:40 PM
Mar 2016

Weird this guy blames the Uber app. What a never ending nightmare for that company's image. Of course after suing Seattle for letting their drivers unionize, I don't care about Uber's image.

Seattle Sued for Letting Lyft, Uber Drivers Unionize
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2500325,00.asp

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
4. He drives people point-to-point for a very poor living
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:39 PM
Mar 2016

Insanity is a job requirement for Uber and taxi.

for the victims.

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