Uber driver accused of shooting and killing his passenger

Denver police say that at 2:45am MT this morning, an Uber driver murdered his passenger. Details are still emerging.

From the Denver Channel:

Police said the driver shot the passenger, an adult male, multiple times after getting into some kind of altercation inside the vehicle. According to emergency dispatch communications, the driver called 911 to report the shooting.

Officers on the scene attempted to perform CPR on the passenger but the man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Neither the driver nor the passenger has been identified. Police said the driver is being interviewed at the police department headquarters.

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