Denver police arrest Uber driver after passenger is shot dead
Ride-sharing company said it was ‘deeply troubled’ by the arrest and it had revoked the suspect’s access to its app
A driver with the ride-sharing service Uber was arrested on Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder after police in Denver, Colorado said he fatally shot a passenger in his vehicle.
Michael Andre Hancock, 29, was being held without bond in the Denver County jail pending the formal filing of charges, according to jail records. It was unclear whether he had any legal representation.
According to a Denver Police Department probable cause affidavit, on Friday morning a man later identified as Hancock told a motorist on the side of a road that he had just shot a rider who tried to attack him.
Police found a sedan parked perpendicular to traffic on a ramp and a man with gunshot wounds lying on the floor board of the front passenger seat, the affidavit said.
The Denver Medical Examiner’s Office identified the dead man as Hyun Kim, 45.