A Mesquite Uber driver says his account was frozen just hours after he fired at three passengers who tried to rob him at gunpoint and shot at his car during a ride early on Tuesday morning. He was not physically hurt in the exchange, but he says Uber locked him out before he even had a chance to process what happened.
According to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, the driver says he shot at the attempted robbery suspects after they were involved in a ride with him, and that Uber suspended his account in the aftermath. The station reports the driver was locked out of the platform following what he describes as a self-defense shooting. Separately, WFAA reports Mesquite police responded to a shooting call at 2:54 a.m. Tuesday near Lakefield Drive and Granada Drive, where three male passengers allegedly threatened the driver with a gun, tried to rob him, and fired at his car as they fled. The driver was not injured, though a bullet struck his vehicle, per that report.
Uber’s Firearms Ban Collides With Texas Carry Law
The suspension traces back to a strict company policy. Uber’s rules bar both drivers and passengers from carrying weapons of any kind while using the platform, and the company says any violation can result in permanent account deactivation, according to the same account. The station notes only firearms transported unloaded in locked, hard-sided containers meeting TSA guidelines are permitted at all.
That policy sits uneasily alongside Texas law. Under Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31 and 9.32, people have no duty to retreat before using force, including deadly force, if they reasonably believe it is immediately necessary to stop a robbery or serious bodily harm in a place where they have a legal right to be, according to the Texas State Law Library. Separately, Texas Penal Code § 46.02 lets eligible adults 21 and older carry a handgun in a vehicle they control without a concealed carry permit, as long as the weapon is out of plain view or holstered, per the same source. Those protections apply inside personal motor vehicles, but they carry no weight against a private company’s terms of service, which can suspend a driver regardless of what state law allows.
A Recurring Danger for Mesquite’s Gig Workers
This is not the first violent incident targeting an app-based driver in Mesquite. In November 2025, Mesquite police arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the October 2025 shooting of a DoorDash delivery driver who was shot multiple times on Birch Bend following a dispute over an order verification PIN code, according to FOX 4 News. That driver survived, and police identified the suspect after sorting through conflicting 911 calls…