Denver Uber Driver Now Faces 1st Degree Murder Charge

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DENVER (CBS4) - A Denver Uber driver who is charged with shooting and killing a passenger on Interstate 25 last week now faces a murder charge.

Michael Andre Hancock (credit: CBS)

The Denver District Attorney's office announced that Michael Hancock is being charged with first degree murder.

Shooting scene between an Uber driver, Michael Hancock, and his passenger, Hyun Kim on June 1, 2018. (credit: CBS)

Hancock has been in the Denver Jail since June 1 when the murder took place.

Hyun Kim (credit: CBS)

He told officers the passenger, 45-year-old Hyun Kim, attacked him, so Hancock fired his gun.

Denver crime scene investigators on scene of a fatal shooting which an Uber driver allegedly shot and killed a passenger on June 1, 2018. (credit: Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

The car crashed on the ramp from southbound University Boulevard to I-25 early in the morning and the southbound lanes of I-25 were closed for several hours as investigators studied the crime scene.

Police said a total of 10 shots were fired.