NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A rideshare driver was carjacked at gunpoint early Saturday (May 9) in the Desire area, New Orleans police said.
According to police, the victim driving for Uber was called to the intersection of Agriculture Street and Edith Weston Place around 5:19 a.m. and flagged down by an unidentified man.
The man asked the driver for help loading luggage into the vehicle. As the driver complied, police said, a second suspect armed with a gun emerged from behind a house and demanded the victim’s keys…