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How a WA family rescued their daughter from Uber driver's sexual assault: docs
A Washington rideshare driver was charged with sexual assault and kidnapping after allegedly preying on an intoxicated woman last weekend. The victim's father intervened during the assault after tracking his daughter's phone.
THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. - A rideshare driver was arrested after being shot multiple times by the father of a woman he allegedly raped while she was "highly intoxicated," Thurston County, Washington, detectives say.
The incident was initially reported as a weapons violation early Saturday morning near the intersection of Old Pacific Highway SE and 6th Avenue SE in Nisqually Valley.
A deputy stopped a vehicle that was fleeing the scene and noticed the driver was injured. Two shell casings were also found in the vicinity.
Thurston County detectives determined that the injured person was a rideshare driver who was providing transportation to a highly intoxicated woman.
According to the sheriff's office, the woman's father caught the rideshare driver sexually assaulting his daughter near a popular fishing spot off 6th Ave. SE and at some point, shots were fired.
The rideshare driver was taken to the hospital for treatment and later arrested for second-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping.
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Detectives are still investigating this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Thurston County Sheriff's Office by calling dispatch at 360-704-2740, or via email detectives@co.thurston.wa.us