Tag: #Ubertips

First published July 22nd 2020

I was in an Public Shooting at District 5 dance club last night where I was Uber driving people home! I was right next to the shooting! It was 10 feet away from my face! I saw the light of the gun muzzle fire as he shot many times into a large crowd! I did not get hit and my van is okay as well! I did not know my little van could peel-out that fast!

“Screw whoever needs a ride!” I said as I drove away at break-neck speed!

From my Facebook Post about this issue this is what locals has to say about this event:

• Andrea E. Menzies This is why I don’t Uber drive more in the pandemic. The germs are bad but the crazy people are worse!
• Allan McNeill OMG..,stay safe Andrea…that’s a dangerous business…hats off to a working girl
• Christopher Gerken Eep. I am glad you are safe.
• Andrea E. Menzies Thanks, I wanted to tell people that know I work in that area that I am not one of the people killed.

• • Christopher Gerken Andrea E. Menzies that is a proper and kind.

• • • Jackie Bishop Wells Jesus. Was it inside the club or outside?
    • Andrea E. Menzies In the parking lot outside the club. There was a long line outside the club to get inside it was next to the line. I was so busy driving away once I saw the bullets and heard screaming I did not stay long to see if he went inside.

Later on in July 2020 the Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper did run a story on the public shooting I witnessed. Only one person fully was hit with bullets. Due to many people hitting the ground to avoid bullet fire, and blood spatter my original estimate of number of people hit in the shooting was higher. I have never been shot at in my hometown of Austin so I am unused to blog etiquette on shooting. Below in yellow is the Foursquare swarm app screen shot of when I checked in at District 5 just after the shooting.