Who is killing America’s app-based gig workers?

Suspects are overwhelmingly Black

Note that various media have identified the following killings as the killing of an app-based gig worker. In some cases, the app companies have denied that the person was killed while active on their platform.

On November 1st, 2023, National Conservative published the largest collection of app-based gig-worker murders ever made. A total of 63 murders from 2021-2023, of which 48 had a known suspect. Activist groups had been crowing that “People of Color” and immigrants were being disproportionately killed. However, all of these activists censor who the suspects are. What we discovered was shocking. 83.3% of known suspects were Black. Only 4.2% were White. If anything, it is actually Whites who are disproportionately murdered since so few of the perps are White.

Now, we are updating the list with another thirty-eight more murders. Of these, thirty-one have a known race for the suspect.

Total per year:

2021: 27
2022: 30
2023: 24
2024: 13
2025: 7

In cases where the race of a suspect is confirmed:

Black: 64
Latino: 8
White: 4
Middle Eastern: 3
Unsolved: 22

Race of the victims:

Black: 43
White: 26
Latino: 14
Central Asian: 10
East Asian: 2
Middle Eastern: 5
Unnamed Victim: 1

Click here to download the full spreadsheet in *.ods format.

Date City App Victim Victim Race Suspect Suspect Race
2/26/25 Houston, TX Lyft Unnamed At-large Black
2/18/25 Anderson County, SC DoorDash Jimmy Ramey White Daeshawn Marquize Wilson Black
1/31/25 Phoenix, AZ Veo Samuel Webster Black Jordan Spalding Black
1/29/25 Atlanta, GA Uber Sammy Jackson Black Iquane Brow Black
1/12/25 Durham, NC Uber Emmanuel Gbedee Black Tray’vian Brown Black
1/10/25 Brodnax, VA Uber Unnamed White Isabelle Nyellie Battle Black
1/1/25 Cottage City, Md Uber Oluwatosin Adetula Black Brandon Leonard Black
12/26/24 Fayetteville, NC DoorDash Samori Husamudeen Black Kevin Holland Black
11/30/24 DeKalb County, GA Lyft Rafeeq Badee Black David Grogan Black
11/25/24 Las Vegas, NV Uber Michael Wilmot White Censorsed by police Downtown/Strip
8/26/24 San Antonio, TX Lyft Robert Renteria Latino Unsolved
Mixed Tri-racial Area
6/20/24 NYC, NY Uber Naveed Afzal Central Asian At-large Black
6/8/24 Opa-Locka, FL Uber Easts Alejandro Linares Latino Dawayen Anton Bendross Black
6/4/24 Portland, OR Uber Joshua Kelvin White Unsolved
White & Asian Neighborhood
5/17/24 Fort Worth, TX Lyft Shawali Sherali Central Asian Michael Walker Black
5/15/24 Atlanta, GA Lyft Reginald Folks Black Koby Minor Black
3/30/24 Dallas, TX Lyft Mohammad Haddad-Farshi Middle Eastern Maurice Parker Black
3/25/24 South Charleston, OH Uber Lo-Letha Hall Black William Brock White
2/24/24 Sacramento, CA DoorDash Joseph Anthony Soto Jr. Latino Alimohhamed Hamid
Middle-Eastern
1/3/24 Edmonds, WA Uber Abdikadir Sharif Black Alex Waggoner Black
12/26/23 Chicago, IL Lyft Adriana Arocha Duque White At-large Black
12/3/23 Chicago, IL Uber Mohammed Al Hijoj Middle Eastern Zayin Kelly Black
10/6/23 Jacksonville, FL Uber Bryant Grund White Ju’Quan Mills Black
10/5/23 Cedar Rapids, IA DoorDash Myron Snyder Black Cameron Leonard Black
9/19/23 Denver, CO Uber Goitom Hagos Black Michael Gawain Jackso Black
8/8/23 Seattle, WA Uber Amare Geda Black Neiana M. Allen-Bailey Black
7/11/23 Petersburg, VA Uber Kirk Nims Black Imarion Jones Black
7/3/23 Washington, DC Lyft Nasrat Ahmad Yar Central Asian Classified Juvenile Black
6/27/23 Inglerwood, CA Uber Juan Miguel Chan Latino Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
6/16/23 El Paso, TX Uber Daniel Piedra Garcia Latino Phoebe Copas Latino
6/14/23 Philadelphia, PA Uber Michael Almonte Latino Unsolved
Majority Latino Neighborhood
5/27/23 Houston, TX Uber Hector Torres Latino Charles Anthony Hudson Black
5/11/23 Prince George County, VA DoorDash Cameron Cole White Group Black
4/24/23 Holiday, FL Uber Randall William Cooke White Oscar Adrian Soli Latino
4/19/23 Akron, OH DoorDash Jaevierre Greer Black Matthew Couch Black
3/24/23 Lynwood, CA Uber Aaron Orozco Latino Censorsed by police Black
3/16/23 San Antonio, TX Uber Robert Diaz Latino Dominique Dashon Croom Black
3/14/23 Washington, DC Lyft Mohamed Kamara Black Nakita Marie Walker Black
3/9/23 New Orleans, LA Lyft Marvin Enrique Bardales Valle Latino Tarius Tully Black
2/25/23 Washington, DC Uber Brice Djembissi Black At-large Black
2/20/23 New Orleans, LA Uber Andrew Stiller White Johnell Hampton Black
2/20/23 Chicago, IL Lyft Milton Pillacela Ayora Latino Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
1/13/23 Indianapolis, IN Uber Christopher Beushausen White Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
1/12/23 Renton, WA Uber Mahamadou Kabba Black Mamadou Aliou Diallo Black
12/30/22 Durham, NC Uber Ainzargul Totakhil Central Asian Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
12/9/22 Harvey, LA Uber Yolanda Dillion Black Brandon Jacobs Black
11/29/22 Jacksonville, FL DoorDash James Barron Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
11/21/22 DeKalb County, GA Lyft Lauren Allen-Sawyer White Lerelle Chatman Black
11/5/22 Chicago, IL Uber Caron Arterberry Black At-large Black
11/2/22 Jackson, MS DoorDash Corey Price Black Shadrick Simmons Black
10/30/22 Memphis, TN Uber Richard Skelskey White Joshua Gossett Black
10/21/22 Pontiac, MI Lyft Dina Terrell Black Kemarrie Phillips Black
9/11/22 Seattle, WA Lyft Mohamed Kediye Black Unsolved
Upscale Downtown
8/27/22 East St Louis Uber Harriet Childers Black Classified Black
8/14/22 Byron, TX Uber Alithia Jenkins-Perry White Anderson Martinez-Herrera Latino
8/12/22 Chicago, IL Uber Crayton Saffold Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
8/10/22 Temple Hills, MD Uber Nesredin Esleiman Middle Eastern Kiayon Strowbridge Black
7/17/22 Oakland, CA Uber Kon Woo Fung East Asian Major Willis Black
7/13/22 a, FL DoorDash Roberto Peigne Black Unsolved
Mixed Tri-racial Area
7/2/22 Detroit, MI DoorDash Da’Jour Russ Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
6/30/22 Indianapolis, IN Lyft Anthony Garland White Devin Powell Black
6/28/22 New Orleans, LA DoorDash Raymond Hill III Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
6/11/22 Glendale, AZ Uber Eats Pamela Rae Maryinez Latino Rusty French Latino
6/3/22 Memphis, TN Lyft Dushaundra Lee Ward Black At-large Black
5/27/22 DeKalb County, GA GoPuff Paris-James Smith Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
5/18/22 Modesto, CA DoorDash Andrew Satavu Central Asian Mario Esparza Latino
3/29/22 Long Beach, NY Uber Manuel Francis Hernandez Black Shaun Teemer Black
3/27/22 Portland, OR Uber Shaani Mohamed Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
2/26/22 Temple Hills, MD Lyft Abdul Rauf Khan Central Asian Classified Juvenile Black
2/10/22 Monroeville, PA Uber Christina Spicuzza White Calvin Crew Black
2/7/22 Richland, WA InstaCart Justin Krumbah White Aaron Christopher Kelly White
1/26/22 Dayton, OH Lyft Brandon Cooper Black Da’Trayvon Mitchell Black
1/24/22 Baltimore, MD DoorDash Cheryl McCormack White Classified Juvenile Black
1/12/22 Urbana, IL Lyft Kristian Philpotts Black Tyjohn Williams Black
11/28/21 San Franbsisco, CA Uber Ahmad Fawad Usufi Central Asian Clifford Lavern Black
10/18/21 NYC, NY GrubHub Salauddin Bablu Central Asian Joseph Sandoval Latino
9/28/21 Crown Point, IN Lyft Glynon Nelson Black Robert Sims White
9/23/21 Philadelphia, PA Lyft Terrell Harris Black Unsolved
Majority Black Neighborhood
9/11/21 Fort Worth, TX DoorDash Hamzah Faraj Middle Eastern Unsolved
Mixed Tri-racial Area
9/4/21 NYC, NY Uber Kuldip Singh Central Asian Joselito Domena Black
8/29/21 Fort Worth, TX Lyft Isabella Lewis White Ali Rasheed
Middle Eastern
8/12/21 Mitchelville, MD DoorDash Noel Njoku Black Tracey Goodson Black
7/27/21 Indianapolis, IN Lyft Hurts Presendieu Black Jahion Jarret Black
7/6/21 National City, CA Uber Raquel Spohn Wehber White Classified juvenile
Majority Latino Neighborhood
6/30/21 New Orleans, LA Uber Eats Ceyonne Riley Black Unsolved
Shot on Interstate
6/17/21 Walnut Creek, CA DoorDash Stacy Corley Black Dylan Baker White
5/21/21 Cicero, IL Uber Joseph Schelstraete White Classified juvenile Black
5/12/21 Mequite, TX Lyft Robert Douglas Berry White Unsolved
Shot on Interstate
5/5/21 Akron, OH Lyft Kristopher Roukey White Kahlyl Powe Black
4/27/21 Fullerton, CA Uber Mingzhi Zhu East Asian Carlos Lopez Latino
4/16/21 Cherry Log, GA Lyft Rossana Delgado White Oscar Manuel Garcia Latino
4/15/21 St Louis, MO Uber Elijah Newman Black Torian Wislon Black
4/12/21 MInneapolis, MN Lyft Ahmed Bada Black Unsolved
Majority non-White Neighborhood
3/29/21 NYC, NY DoorDash Francisco Vitinio Latino Douglas Young Black
3/26/21 Chicago, IL Uber Javier Ramos Latino Edmond Harris Black
3/23/21 Washington, DC Uber Eats Mohammad Anwar Central Asian Classified juvenile Black
3/22/21 Boulder, CO Instacart Lynn Murray White Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa
Middle Eastern
1/28/21 Dallas, TX Uber Joshua Miller White Joshua Scott Black
1/27/21 Haltom City, TX Uber Eats Ryan Munsie Graham White Zakariya Marshall Black
1/21/21 Detroit, MI Uber Timothy Perkins Black Devin McKee Black
1/14/21 Detroit, MI Uber Yousef Al-Gabr Middle Eastern Carlous Skipper Jr Black

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