17-year-old charged with attempted murder after stabbing rideshare driver

A 17-year-old male in Newark, Delaware is charged with first-degree attempted murder after stabbing a rideshare driver multiple times early Saturday morning, police say.

Authorities said Newark Police responded to a reported stabbing in a business parking lot in the 100 block of Grove Lane shortly after midnight.

Police said the male victim was working as a rideshare driver and had picked up the suspect, with Grove Lane as the ending destination. As the ride ended, the male suspect, sitting in the backseat behind the driver, pulled out a knife and began violently stabbing the driver in the neck and the back of the head without warning…

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