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.

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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