Uber driver sentenced to life imprisonment in Michigan

Nearly three years after working at Uber and indiscriminate shooting, which killed six people, Jason Dalton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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48-year-old Dalton pleaded guilty to killing six people last month and injuring two others during indiscriminate shooting in Michigan for five hours February 20 2016. The driver got from one place of shooting to another, bringing passengers to the Uber service.

The tragedy occurred on Saturday evening in three different parts of Kalamazoo proud.

He first shot 25-year-old Tianna Carruthers, in front of her children in the parking lot of a residential complex.

Four hours later, he killed 53-year-old Richard Smith and 17-year-old son Tyler Smith at the auto show. He then opened fire in the parking lot of the Cracker Barrel restaurant, killing 68-year-old Barbara Hawthorne, 62-year-old Mary Lou Nye, 60-year-old Mary Joe Nye and 74-year-old Dorothy Brown and injuring an 14-year-old girl.

The investigation focused on Uber and its protocol for approving drivers, who are considered independent contractors, not employees. A CNN investigation last year found that Uber and Lyft companies were approved by thousands of people who should have been immediately dismissed due to a criminal record, in accordance with the requirements of state bodies and lawsuits.

Dalton passed the test and had no criminal record.

The court record stated that Dalton worked as a Uber driver as an independent contractor, not an official employee.

“To everyone, he was just a regular Joe,” Kalamazoo Public Safety Director Jeff Hadley said.

At the hearing on Tuesday, family members of the victims testified, and Dalton sat quietly in orange prison clothes.

Because there is no death penalty in Michigan, state law requires that a first-degree murder be punished with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Dalton's friend told the Associated Press that the man had a family and two children, he had never shown aggression before. Dalton's neighbors also described him as a family man who devoted a lot of time to cars.

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