A source has come forward identifying the suspected shooter who killed an Uber driver as a Bronx resident in his early 20s who immigrated from the Dominican Republic. <\/p>\n
The source says he was present the night of the shooting and later went to police with the name and photos of the person he believes is responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was nearby\u2026 we were able to identify the person by the pictures,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
The source\u2019s remarks were translated by New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers spokesperson Fernando Mateo. According to the source, the suspected shooter had just left a bar in the Mott Haven area when he noticed damage to his car parked outside. The source says the man then pulled out a gun and began firing.<\/p>\n
Uber driver Isa Mbolo Isaac, 55, was driving by when he was shot and killed. Isaac was a father of four who had just finished his shift at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n
The shooting has sparked renewed concerns about safety for rideshare drivers. Residents say more protections are needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cUber drivers definitely need the Uber company to really start a different plan for them,\u201d said resident Edsel Perez. \u201cKnow everything that\u2019s going on around their surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source also claims the suspect may be attempting to flee the country and return to the Dominican Republic. Police say the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A source has come forward identifying the suspected shooter who killed an Uber driver as a Bronx resident…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,786,29417,9,24,63,5457,129,131,130,3578],"class_list":{"0":"post-87891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-fatal-shooting","10":"tag-livery-cabs","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-taxi","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news","18":"tag-tremont"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}