The accused of killing the Uber driver who was transporting him in New Orleans, Louisiana, chose her at random, authorities revealed.
The Jefferson Parish County Sheriff’s Office indicated that On December 8, Yolanda Dillion, age
Authorities indicated that the attacker, identified as Brandon Jacobs, of 10, selected to Dillion randomly. The man recorded the attack and posted the video on his Facebook profile, according to the sheriff’s office report.
Jacobs allegedly confessed to agents after being arrested that he woke up in the morning and decided that that would be the day to kill someone, Sheriff Joseph Lopinto III specified in a conference of the press that, when officers questioned him to establish the motive for the crime, the man’s response was: ‘I did not choose her. Uber did it. she was staying.
Dillion, an only child, worked with Uber in her spare time because she needed extra money for herself and her cancer-surviving mother. Also, for Christmas, he wanted to save for gifts to deliver to the church he attended.
“When your daughter leaves in the morning, you look forward to seeing her back,” said Edna Dillion. “You can’t take someone’s life like that,” her mother lamented.
Dillion worked for the New Orleans Police Department for 10 years as an analyst, according to Superintendent Shaun Ferguson. “We will miss her very much. She was calm. She was humble, ”the official described. “Our team is suffering,” he added.
For its part, the Uber company told The Washington Post that they are working with the authorities to clarify the case and that they contacted the family to offer their condolences. “We are deeply disturbed by this senseless attack,” the spokesperson said.
The video of the attack was removed from Facebook. The suspect left the gun at the scene after the attack and entered the hotel where Dillon had taken him. There he was detained by the authorities. Jacobs faces charges of second degree murder.