DETROIT – Two Detroit teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder after an Uber driver was found in an alley with fatal injuries from a hammer and knife attack, officials said.
Devin Delon McKee, 16, and Lanyah Quan Brady, 15, both of Detroit, are accused of killing Timothy Marcus Perkins, a 60-year-old Uber driver from Southfield, according to authorities.
Detroit investigators recovered Perkins’ stolen car and identified McKee and Brady as suspects in the case, police said.
Officials accuse McKee and Brady of calling for an Uber driver for the purpose of robbing him.
When they were inside Perkins’ car, McKee robbed and carjacked him by attacking him with a hammer and stabbing him with a knife, according to authorities.