ST. LOUIS — Downtown is one popular spot where you'll see lots of ride share and food delivery drivers. The recent violence against some of those drivers is now on the minds of many.
St. Louis police say around midnight Sunday four teens robbed a food delivery driver on North 20th Street.
Tuesday an innocent, 25-year-old woman told police she was delivering food to a hotel in midtown when she got caught in the crossfire of a shooting and suffered a gunshot wound to her thigh.
And police are still searching for the shooter in an attempted carjacking of a rideshare driver downtown near Ballpark Village Wednesday night.
The victim said he was on Market Street when a car pulled up and a passenger tried to carjack one of his friends. The rideshare driver shot during a struggle.
We caught up with Gyan, a part-time ride share driver for the past five years, on the job downtown.
While he enjoys his job, the violence against drivers now has him thinking twice about his safety.
“I have two phones. I'm ready to call 911." Gyan said. "That is my first priority."
We met people who regularly take ride shares. Mike West is in town from California.
"It's convenient,” he said. “If I don't need to take my car and park it at the airport for example, pay a boatload of money. It's a lot less to have an Uber."
Downtown resident Melinda Smith is not a fan of ride sharing.
"None at all,” she said. “I don't trust riding with anyone."
Norma Johnson's visiting from Chicago. She has this advice for the drivers trying to serve the public.
"Definitely be very careful,” she said. “Keep your doors locked. I would say roll your windows down halfway."