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Amazon delivery driver shoots, kills person with gun in attempted carjacking, police say

By Jen Townley

Amazon-AWS-Indiana FILE - An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van in Boston, Oct. 1, 2020. Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the planned project Thursday, April 25, 2024 calling the data center planned near the town of New Carlisle, about 15 miles west of South Bend, “the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (Steven Senne/AP)

By Jen Townley

CLEVELAND - Authorities in Ohio say an Amazon driver shot and killed an armed carjacker Saturday evening.

Cleveland police said the Amazon driver was working just after 4 p.m. when he was approached by a person with a gun.

WOIO reports the Amazon worker told police that the person held them at gunpoint while trying to steal the vehicle.

According to police, the situation turned into a carjacking with the armed subject crashing the vehicle.

Authorities said the Amazon driver ended up shooting the carjacker during the ordeal. That person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police did not release any further immediate information or identify the parties involved.

The situation remains under investigation, Cleveland police said.


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