18-year-old with autism is shot in the back after Uber error leaves him lost in Detroit

DETROIT (WWJ) — A teenager with autism could lose his kidney after he was shot while lost Thursday afternoon on Detroit’s east side.

Detroit Police said 18-year-old Claude Woosck was dropped off at Lenox and Warren by an Uber, rather that his home in River Rouge, after the wrong address was somehow entered in the rideshare app.

“He wasn’t too sure where he was at, he was sort of lost, so he called a family member,” Detroit Police Deputy Chief Arnold Williams said. “After speaking with the family member, the family member advised him to take a picture of where he was, of the address where he was at or near, and that family relative would come and pick him up.”…

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