Ex-Uber driver pleads guilty to rampage that killed 6 in Michigan

A Michigan Uber driver accused of killing six people and wounding two others in a 2016 shooting spree pleaded guilty to murder on Monday just before his trial was set to begin.

Jason Dalton terrorized the Kalamazoo area on Feb. 20, 2016, when he drove wildly through the city and its suburbs, shooting people outside a car dealership, a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a townhouse complex.

Over a period of hours, he gave Uber customers rides between the seemingly random shootings. The gunfire rattled western Michigan and raised questions about Uber’s screening of its drivers at a time when the ride-hailing service was expanding into smaller cities.

“It helps with community healing, some closure,” said Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell.