FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT IT. >> RACE TO RESCUE A BABY LOCKED IN A HOT CAR.
SHE’D ALREADY BEEN ON A
TERRIFYING RIDE.
>> BREAKING NEWS, LOCAL 10
LEARNS A TEENAGER SHOT BY HIS
UBER DRIVER HAS DIED.
>> LOCAL 10’S JEFF WEINSIER
HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE
FROM THE START AND HAS THE
BREAKING DETAILS, JEFF?
>> MILES TAKEN OFF LIFE
SUPPORT, PASSING AWAY AT 3:30
THIS AFTERNOON.
HE’S BEEN IN THE INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT AT MEMORIAL REGIONAL
FOR 71 DAYS, A SINGLE BULLET
PIERCING HIS RIGHT LUNG, HIS
KIDNEY AND HIS LIVER.
THE HOLLYWOOD POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PROTECTING
THE UBER DRIVER’S IDENTITY,
BUT TONIGHT WE KNOW WHO HE IS.
THOSE WHO KNOW HIM SAY BASED
ON HIS TEMPLEER, THEY’RE NOT
SURPRISED THAT THIS HAPPENED.
>> I JUST WANT MY SON TO GET
BETTER.
>> THAT WAS APRIL JUST DAYS
AGO AS HER ONLY CHILD
CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR HIS
LIFE, 71 DAYS AFTER MILES WAS
SHOT, THIS MOTHER STILL HAS NO
SPECIFICS AS TO WHY IT EVEN
HAPPENED.
>> THE ONLY CONVERSATIONS I’VE
HAD WITH THE DETECTIVE, HE’S
BEEN DEFENSIVE ABOUT ME ASKING
THE QUESTIONS.
>> JEFF WEINSIER, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
SHOOTING MILES, YOU’RE TWICE
THE SIZE OF HIM.
>> 51-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER IS
THE UBER DRIVER WHO PULLED THE
TRIGGER, SHOOTING 19-YEAR-OLD
MILES, HIS PASSENGER, NOVEMBER
9TH ON PARK ROAD ACROSS FROM
T.Y. PARK.
>> WHAT COULD HE HAVE POSSIBLY
DONE TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT
YOUR LIFE WAS IN DANGER?
>> HOLLYWOOD POLICE SAID THERE
WAS AN ARGUMENT OVER A DROP
OFF LOCATION.
MILES, A BARRY UNIVERSITY
JUSTICE MAJOR WITH NO CRIMINAL
RECORD WAS GOING TO VISIT HIS
GRANDPARENTS.
MILES EXITED THE CAR,
APPARENTLY SLAMMED THE CAR.
POLICE CALLED MILES THE
AGGRESSOR AFTER -- HIS OWN
ACQUAINTANCES TOLD US HE WAS A
LOOSE CANNON WITH A TEMPER.
>> DON’T YOU HAVE A SIDE OF
THE STORY?
WHY DID YOU SHOOT HIM.
>> YOU WONDER WHY HE WAS
DRIVING FOR UBER IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
COURT RECORDS SHOW CITATIONS
FOR SPEEDING, RUNNING STOP
SIGNS, RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS,
CARELESS DRIVING.
RECORDS SHOW HE WAS INVOLVED
IN TWO CRASHES.
>> HIS EX-WIFE CONFIRMS
DOMESTIC ISSUES IN NEW YORK
WHERE SHE FILED A RESTRAINING
ORDER.
THOSE RECORDS ARE SEAL EDED --
LOCAL 10 NEWS HAS LEARNED AND
WARNER BROTHERS CONFIRMED SHE
WAS ON AN EPISODE OF JUDGE
JUDGE MATHIS FOR A ROAD RAGE
CASE IN 1999.
THE ATTORNEY DOESN’T KNOW WHY
HE HASN’T BEEN PLACED IN
HANDCUFFS.
>> WE HAVE A BULLET THAT
ENTERED FROM THE RIGHT FLANK
AND EXITED HIS CHEST.
IT DOESN’T ADD UP.
WE’RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS FROM
THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED.
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO CHARGE
THE GUY, TELL US WHY.
>> HOLLYWOOD POLICE HAVE SAID
ALL ALONG THEY WERE WAITING TO
TALK TO MILES TO GET HIS SIDE
OF THE STORY AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WILL NOT
HAPPEN AGAIN.
MILES PASSED AT 3:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE’VE REACHED OUT TO THE
HOLLYWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR COMMENT, WE’RE WAITING TO
HEAR BACK.
IN AN E-MAIL TO LOCAL 10 NEWS,
UBER SAYS THE DRIVER PASSED