Detroit woman, 34, shot multiple times on I-94 near Livernois while riding in Uber
A 34-year-old Detroit woman was shot several times early Friday while in an Uber on Interstate 94 and taken to the hospital. A dark sedan, police said, pulled alongside the Uber, which was westbound, and someone began firing gunshots.
Michigan State Police said they were dispatched at about 6 a.m. to I-94 near Livernois.
A trooper applied a tourniquet to the victim's leg to stem the bleeding before rushing her to the hospital. The Uber driver was uninjured. A motive for the drive-by shooting, however, was unclear, and police were looking for a suspect.
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The freeway was closed so police could to investigate.
Frequent freeway shootings recently have led police to form a new team to investigate them, according to news reports. Considerations to reduce the violence, have included the addition of technology that will read license plates and more inter-agency cooperation.
Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Woman shot while in an Uber on I-94 in Detroit
