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JACKSON • Troublesome incidents involving women rideshare passengers and drivers have increased enough to prompt an entrepreneur in Mississippis capital to come up with a new business.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Troublesome incidents involving women rideshare passengers and drivers have increased enough to prompt an entrepreneur in Mississippis capital to come up with a new business.

JACKSON, Miss. (NBC News) - A Lyft driver in Mississippi was carjacked, kidnapped and shot seven times by a passenger she picked up earlier this week.

The suspect later admitted to the crime and was arrested, but not before shooting the driver who is now in the hospital recovering.

A Mississippi teenager was detained for shooting his Lyft driver many times after he kidnapped her and brought her to the woods to rob her.

According to one report, a Mississippi Lyft driver was shot seven times after being called for a ride and subsequently robbed. The suspect later admitted to the crime and was arrested, but not before shooting the driver who is now in the hospital recovering.

Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn said that officers arrested the suspect, identified as Dontarius McGee, in connection to the kidnapping and shooting of a Lyft driver on Tuesday afternoon.

A Lyft driver shot seven times said she's alive "by the grace of God."

A Lyft driver shot seven times said she's alive "by the grace of God."

JACKSON, Miss. -- Police in Jackson, Mississippi say a suspect kidnapped a Lyft driver on Tuesday afternoon and made her crawl through a wooded area before shooting her multiple times, according to reports. Dontarius McGee was taken into custody in Jackson following the series of crimes, Deputy Chi