The Independent Driver Guild set up a Friday afternoon vigil at the Uber Chicago Greenlight Hub for Joe Schelstraete and other rideshare drivers who were killed on the job.
"We re all at risk when we re out there," said Lenny Sanchez, co-founder of the Independent Drivers Guild of Illinois. "We are extremely angered in general as a community."
A Uber driver was fatally shot during a carjacking by four suspects while he was on his way to picking up a passenger. The incident caused fear and anxiety among rideshare workers of potential ambushes instead of legitimate appointments.
After a father of three was shot and badly injured during an attempted robbery in suburban Cicero Monday, the man’s family is left with shattered emotions,.