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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.

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."

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

Lyft driver Brandy Littrell, 36 (right), was shot seven times on Tuesday after picking up 17-year-old Dontarius Magee (left) from an apartment complex in Byram, Mississippi.