{"id":10472,"date":"2020-07-29T07:49:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T07:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2020-07-29T07:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T07:49:21","slug":"rideshare-driver-struck-on-the-head-with-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/rideshare-driver-struck-on-the-head-with-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rideshare driver struck on the head with gun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 One man was arrested and police are still searching for a second after they allegedly assaulted a rideshare driver on Friday night\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say the rideshare driver went to the police station to report the incident shortly after it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim told police he picked up a man on the 500 block of Howard Avenue but then told him to get out of his vehicle after they had a disagreement. The victim said there was a second man who stood outside the driver\u2019s door and that that second man struck the victim on his head several times with a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver alleged that the man he had picked up, still in the rear passenger seat of his vehicle, pulled out a handgun, pointed it at him and demanded money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim said he drove off and when he stopped, the passenger, later identified as Michael Baker, 19, got out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim then drove to the police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say the driver showed them interior dash-camera footage of the incident and could see the passenger but not the second suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What police did see was the second man\u2019s hand holding a gun and striking the victim, according to their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim described the second man as black, 25-35 years old, stocky build, short hair, and scruffy facial hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early Saturday morning, police responded to a domestic dispute where a woman reported an unknown man pulled out a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When police arrived, they identified Baker from the rideshare camera footage, and he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they found Baker in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun that had been reported stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker is now facing charges for robbery, firearms not to be carried without a license, simple assault, and terrorist threats among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with any information on either of these incidents is asked to contact Lancaster Bureau of Police at 717-735-3301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police are still looking for the second suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 One man was arrested and police are still searching for a second after they allegedly assaulted a rideshare driver on Friday night\u2026 Police say the rideshare driver went to the police station to report the incident shortly after it happened. 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