Ride-Hailing Driver Shoots Man Suspected of Attacking Woman

Ride-Hailing Driver Shoots Man Suspected of Attacking Woman
A rideshare driver displays stickers for rideshare companies Uber and Lyft in Los Angeles on Aug. 6, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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STANTON, Calif.—A 20-year-old man who was allegedly attacking a woman in Orange County was shot by a ride-hailing service driver who intervened, leaving the man fighting for his life at a hospital Monday, June 3.

The driver shot the suspect about 7:45 p.m. Sunday in the 7100 block of Custer Way in Stanton, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The gunman, who remained on scene and called deputies, said he was dropping off a passenger when he saw the woman being assaulted and intervened, deputies said.

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