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Gunshots shatter window of Uber vehicle

A rear window of an Uber vehicle was damaged by gunshots in Athens, police said.

Credit: Athens-Clarke County Police Department

Credit: Athens-Clarke County Police Department

A rear window of an Uber vehicle was damaged by gunshots in Athens, police said.

By Steve Burns

Dec 19, 2017

Someone fired shots at an Uber vehicle carrying four passengers in Athens, shattering a rear window in the process, police said.

It’s not known who, if anyone, in the vehicle was targeted, Athens-Clarke County Police spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez told the Athens Banner-Herald.

The driver said she picked up her passengers downtown and was taking them to a nearby location Saturday, the newspaper reported.

Police don’t know how many people shot at the car or whether the shots were fired from the road or from another vehicle.

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