Kalamazoo Shooter Blames Uber App, Satan's Image for Murder

Uber is praying to whoever will listen to get its name out of this tale.

Near the end of February, we learned of a tragic story in Kalamazoo, Mich., that posed some PR fail for Uber. You know, again.

Now that Jason Dalton, 45, is being tried for shooting six people in between Uber fares, we discover that his motivation for murder could have been the actual Uber app itself.

Dalton told police that when he opened the ride-sharing app, he “recognized the Uber symbol as being that of the Eastern Star” and that a “devil head” would pop up on his screen.

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