Phoebe Copas, a 48-year-old American, has been charged with murder after she shot her Uber driver who she thought was abducting her, fatally wounding him. According to the police, no attempted kidnapping was observed.
An American named Phoebe Copas, 48, was incarcerated in Texas, United States, by El Paso police, after fatally wounding David Piedra Garcia, 52, the driver of the VTC Uber in which she was traveling. stood. She thought, wrongly, that he wanted to kidnap her.
The facts occurred on Friday June 16. That day, Phoebe Copas, originally from the west coast of the United States, according to the press release of the police of El Paso, wanted to visit her boyfriend who lives in Texas. She then ordered an Uber VTC to take her to her destination.
But once inside the vehicle, Phoebe Copas began to panic when she saw road signs that read “Juarez, Mexico,” according to police documents. No wonder, however, since Juarez and El Paso are located on either side of the border between the United States and Mexico.
Thinking she was the victim of a kidnapping, Phoebe Copas then took her gun out of her purse and shot the driver, seriously injuring him in the head. The car then hit barriers before coming to a stop. It was then that the 40-year-old called the 911 emergency number. According to the BBCshe would also have taken a photo of her driver and would have sent it by message to her companion.
Placed in respiratory assistance for several days, David Piedra Garcia finally succumbed to his injuries.
After the death of the Uber driver, the suspect, a time prosecuted for “aggravated violence causing serious injuries”, was finally prosecuted for murder. She was incarcerated in the prison of El Paso, Texas. She is free on $1.5 million bail.
According to the police of El Paso, there is no element “to confirm that an abduction took place or that David Piedra Garcia moved away from the destination of Phoebe Copas”.
2023-06-26 15:03:15
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