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A man from Milwaukee Wisconsin called police and turned himself in for shooting a Lyft driver who he said was staring at him.

A legally armed Lyft driver shot and critically injured two suspects who carjacked him in Philadelphia, police said.

Its a huge problem across the country, we seen in chicago a spike in the last eight or nine months, drivers are carjacked and being shot and robbed and some sexually assaulted. these delivery apps are putting a target on the drivers, criminals to hunt them down. im sorry? eric: there was a case on wednesday tragically a driver in washington d.c., hes okay but the car was called by somebody in maryland, drives the passenger pc in the lyft driver said the guy who called him, the passenger shot him...

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.

Who she was talking to. >> does he fully cooperates? >> definitely. he did. he didnt seem like he had anything to do like this idol. >> because he had an alibi, a very good one actually. as soon as he dropped mackenzie off, surveillance footage at a nearby intersection capture him leaving picking up another fair, the daytime and location all confirmed by the tracking software on these lift apps. >> and he continue that throughout the night, and so -- >> you could eliminate him pretty easily base...

The night in a park. >> he says that he wasnt worried because someone with a car was there waiting for mckenzie. >> i unloaded her luggage, said goodbye and drove away. >> so who was that someone in the waiting car? the detectives were hoping they could identify him or her through mckenzies phone records. and she had been texting a number with a two zero six area code right after the point her phone went dead. >> so, we were able to actually take that number run it through our little databases a...

Sugar videos, they offer advice to novice sugar babies giving tips on everything from how to ask for an allowance, to what to pack in your purse. perfume they say, and pepper spray. >> not that youll need it on your date, but, going out looking hot is always a risk. >> did mackenzie watch to the videos, we dont know. but one of her decisions said deja betrayed her lack of experience. >> why would you meet in the middle of the night, in a park? >> and there was something else, whether mckenzie di...

And just as important, why would a driver leave a young woman alone, burdened with luggage, at a park in the middle of the night? who would do such a thing? it was detective sayes to track down the driver. who she discovered, was not so easy to find. we >> were like, is this guy dodging us? >> coming up -- mackenzies france have a terrifying theory about why shes missing. >> i assumed that the lyft driver abducted her. >> and heres one reason why. >> her last text message that we recovered was a...