Rideshare driver shot 6 times in Akron after picking up 2 passengers

A 39-year-old Uber driver from Bedford working in Akron was hospitalized Thursday night after being shot multiple times while picking up two passengers in the city’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood.

The incident occurred on Stanford Avenue just before 9:30 p.m.

According to Akron Police Lt. Michael Murphy, after picking up the two passengers in a Kia Optima, one of them pulled a gun out and shot her six times…

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