Crime & Safety
Uber Fight Escalates To Gun Shots Fired On I-75
A fight among Uber passengers Tuesday ended with a man being shot in the car along I-75. They had just left an Atlanta strip club.
ATLANTA, GA — Gun shots were fired inside of an Uber car early Tuesday morning when a fight started after a group of passengers were picked up from an Atlanta strip club, reports WSB-TV. The shooting started along Interstate 75.
According to police, five to six people were taking the Uber from the Diamond strip club off Northside Drive. The shots caused everyone to inside the car to get out and run across the I-75 southbound lanes. A 21 year-old man was shot in his arm and leg, but is reported as “stable” at Grady Memorial.
The Uber driver called the police from the Four Seasons off 14th Street in Midtown. Entrance ramps to both I-75 southbound and I-85 northbound were closed by police, but have reopened.
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