A jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a passenger he said attacked him while driving on a freeway in Denver. Jurors sided with Michael Hancock, 31, who argued that he was defending himself against passenger Hyun (Huhn) Kim.
DENVER — A jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a passenger he said attacked him while driving on a freeway in Denver.
Hancock testified at trial that the 45-year-old Kim made unwanted sexual advances and attacked him when Hancock threatened to pull over during the June 2018 ride. In North Carolina, an Uber driver is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a female passenger. "If Uber thinks it's important to have that rule, Uber should enforce that rule," said Francis Patrick Murphy of Corboy & Demetrio, a Chicago law firm that has filed nearly 20 lawsuits against rideshare companies.
Uber records showed that by the time the shooting occurred, the car had traveled about 70 miles since Kim was picked up.Lawyer Johnna Stuart said Kim touched Hancock more than once on the leg and became more aggressive when Hancock challenged him. Kim punched the driver in the face and reached for the steering wheel and ignition, Stuart told jurors in her closing argument.
The prosecutors also acknowledged there was a fight inside the car, and it was probably started by Kim, possibly after he woke up startled and was upset about being driven around in the car.
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