An Uber driver has been arrested and charged for allegedly shooting a teenage girl in the back and legs after an altercation in a Waffle House parking lot.
The Dunwoody Police Department released a statement saying that five women under the age of 18 ordered an Uber from the Waffle House parking lot on Oct. 5. The driver of the vehicle, identified as 38-year-old Meredith Grundy, arrived and told the group of girls that he was not able to take more than four passengers at the same time because he only had four seatbelts.
Uber Driver Arrested Over Shooting
The group of girls then started to argue with the Uber driver as the two parties disagreed about which one should be responsible for cancelling the trip on the Uber app. The official release noted that the argument escalated, and one of the females allegedly threatened to kill Grundy before striking him in the face.
After that, Grundy reportedly fired a firearm and struck the female who hit him, as the other females in the group told officers that the assault and threat did not occur before the shooting, according to Local12…