Uber driver pistol-whipped, robbed waiting outside Oakland hotel

Four men pistol-whipped and robbed an Uber driver early Friday morning while he was waiting to pick up a passenger outside an Oakland hotel, the Oakland Police Department said.

The driver arrived outside the Oakland Marriott City Center at around 4 a.m. Friday morning, according to a police report. Two cars — a white Lexus and a gray Dodge Charger — then pulled up alongside him.

Surveillance footage reviewed by the Chronicle shows four masked people in dark clothing getting out of the cars and surrounding the victim’s vehicle…

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