Woman allegedly shoots Uber driver, thinking he kidnapped her and was taking her to Mexico

A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police.

Phoebe Copas, 48, remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia.

Copas was arrested and initially charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony. The shooting took place as Copas, who is from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, was in El Paso visiting her boyfriend, according to authorities. The area where the car crashed was"not in close proximity of a bridge, port of entry or other area with immediate access to travel into Mexico," according to the affidavit.

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