A woman has been charged with murder after believing that her Uber driver was kidnapping her, according to police. 

Phoebe Copas, 48, has been charged with murder after police say she shot 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia after wrongly believing that he was kidnapping her, El Paso police said. 

“Phoebe Copas was originally booked for Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury. Daniel J. Piedra Garcia, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries and Crimes Against Persons Detectives obtained a warrant for Copas with a charge of Murder with a bond of $1,500,000 signed by Judge Aun,” El Paso police said in a statement. 

Investigators say that Copas shot Piedra during a trip to meet with her boyfriend at a casino. Police said that there was no evidence for the alleged kidnapping, but that Copas was frightened by signs that read “Juarez, Mexico,” KTSM reported.  

“At some point during the drive, Copas thought she was being taken into Mexico and shot Piedra,” police said. “The investigation does not support that a kidnapping took place or that Piedra was veering from Copas’ destination.”

Piedra, who was shot in the back of the head and wrist, was taken off life support this week after being shot on June 16. Copas is being held on a $1.5 million bond and is accused of texting her boyfriend an image of the wounded Garcia before calling the police. 

“On Friday June 16, 2023 my husband Daniel Piedra was working for Uber when his passenger shot him in the head. He is the sole provider for our family and was unable to work for a while because he hurt his knee at his last job and had to have surgery on April 18, 2023,” a GoFundMe organized by Piedra’s wife says, adding that the money raised will go toward hospital and funeral expenses. 

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Piedra’s family was shocked by the news, saying that they couldn’t believe that he was the victim when they heard the news of the shooting. 

“I miss him and I wish this wouldn’t have happened to him,” said niece Didi Lopze. “He didn’t deserve that, no one deserves that.”

Uber said that it was horrified by the incident and that it would assist the investigation in any way possible.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams resettled illegal immigrants who had arrived in the Big Apple across the country and around the world, including China, according to a new report. 

Adams, who called Texas sending illegal migrants to New York “horrific,” sent 114 migrant households to over a dozen states and to five countries, including China, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, POLITICO reported.

“Less than three weeks ago, Mayor Adams said busing migrants is ‘morally bankrupt.’ Where is all the outrage and condemnation from the White House and Democrats for one of their own sending migrants out of town, out of state, and even out of the country?” a spokesperson for Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in response. “Instead of these hypocritical charades, Mayor Adams needs to call on President Biden and Congress to step up and do their jobs to secure the southern border.” 

POLITICO obtained the information through a public information request, finding that the city spent $50,000 of taxpayer money on the flights from April 2022-April 2023. More than a dozen states were sent illegal immigrants including 28 households to Florida, 14 to Texas, six to North Carolina, and five to Illinois. 

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Kate Smart, a spokeswoman for Adams, defended the move, arguing that it was different from what Abbott and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) had done. 

“In contrast, New York City has, as we have discussed very publicly for months, worked to connect individuals with friends, family, and networks whether in New York City or outside of it,” Smart said. “We are not coercing people to leave, we are not suggesting or recommending locations, and we are not presenting any kind of false choice. We are helping people who want to reconnect with loved ones or communities do so.”

Adams has not been shy about his distaste for Abbott, who has sent nearly 10,000 migrants to New York. 

“This is horrific when you think about what [Abbott] is doing,” Adams said during an August press conference. “New York is a city that has always represented democratic values. Showing our values.”

“It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done,” he claimed. “When you think about this country, a country that has always been open to those who are fleeing persecution and other intolerable conditions.”