An Amazon Flex courier says a gunman wounded her twice on a pre-dawn run in Cedar Hill, a city south of Dallas. According to FOX 4, Yirmar Martinez was bringing a package to a home off North Cedar Hill Road on Monday, Oct. 12, when a man with a gun opened fire. Police have confirmed an arrest, though charges have not been announced.
Martinez told the station she flipped on her high beams while searching for the front door, then eased toward an access road next to the house. She noticed a man holding a gun and lifted her Amazon vest. He replied in English, a language she did not follow, and then started firing.
A bullet skimmed her scalp, and a second hit her lower back. She says she sped away while he kept firing. Cedar Hill police are holding her vehicle as evidence, and she spoke with officers on Thursday afternoon.
Driver describes a dark property and the escape
In an interview with a Spanish-language station, Martinez stated that it was around 5 a.m., the property was dark, and she could hardly make out the door. Her husband, who was also delivering that morning, was on a video call with her. She told him she was scared, and she stated that she did not realize at first that she had been hit.
On the video call, her husband told her to keep going. “I still feel like I’m living a nightmare,” she stated. She had worked for Amazon Flex for about six months and chose early shifts so her young son spends less time in the car with her, the station stated. Martinez moved to Texas from Venezuela two years ago. The program lets drivers use their own vehicles as independent contractors…