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Denver police stumped by car-share shooting DENVER - A car-share vehicle might seem an unlikely choice for a drive-by shooting. But in Denver, police are stumped by a January shooting in which the suspects used fictitious names to rent Car2Go vehicles. The Denver Post reports that detectives are having a hard time finding the drivers of two of the distinct white-and-blue cars from the Car2Go fleet. Witnesses saw the iconic Smart Fortwos flee the scene after 22-year-old Daerius Churchill was gunned down on Jan. 4 on the corner of Bruce Randolph Avenue and St. Paul Street. GPS tracking systems on the cars allow Car2Go to identify which cars are moving at any given time. However, the detective wrote in his affidavit that multiple cars had been rented out under fictitious names through a call center. The rentals, typically done through a smartphone app, show how the city's street gangs are adopting technology. Car2Go customers typically pick up the cars from public parking spaces, use cellphone apps to get them started and then leave the car in public areas when they are finished using them. The renters never come face-to-face with the company's employees.

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Denver police stumped by car-share shooting

DENVER - A car-share vehicle might seem an unlikely choice for a drive-by shooting. But in Denver,police are stumped by a January shooting in which the suspects used fictitious names to rent Car2Govehicles.

The Denver Post reports that detectives are having a hard time finding the drivers of two of thedistinct white-and-blue cars from the Car2Go fleet.

Witnesses saw the iconic Smart Fortwos flee the scene after 22-year-old Daerius Churchill wasgunned down on Jan. 4 on the corner of Bruce Randolph Avenue and St. Paul Street.

GPS tracking systems on the cars allow Car2Go to identify which cars are moving at any given time.

However, the detective wrote in his affidavit that multiple cars had been rented out under fictitiousnames through a call center.

The rentals, typically done through a smartphone app, show how the city's street gangs are adoptingtechnology.

Car2Go customers typically pick up the cars from public parking spaces, use cellphone apps to getthem started and then leave the car in public areas when they are finished using them. The rentersnever come face-to-face with the company's employees.

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Car2Go customers are vetted through an online application process, Dacyl Armendariz, a companyspokeswoman, told the Post.

"It's not like just anybody can jump in a car and drive away," she said.

Car2Go is cooperating with police in the investigation.

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