Oakland County Teen Fatally Shoots Lyft Driver: Sheriff

PONTIAC, MI — A teenager could spend the rest of his life in prison after police said he fatally shot a Lyft driver in Pontiac on Friday.

Kemarrie Davion Phillips, 19, was charged with open murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. He was placed in the Oakland County Jail without bail. His next court date is scheduled for Nov. 3.

Officers found Dina Terrell, 49, shot dead with a gunshot wound to the back of the head in the driver's seat of a Nissan Versa on the curb between a utility pole and a street sign on Putnam Avenue and Rundell Street around 5:15 a.m. Friday, the sheriff's office said.

Terrell was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died, officials said.

Officials also found the Lyft app on Terrell's cellphone running with directions to an address on the northeast side of Pontiac. Detectives found more evidence near Hollywood and South Merrimac with the help of a K-9 search, the Sheriff's Office said.

Phillips was arrested in connection to the shooting Friday without incident, officials said. He was recently employed at a retail store in Rochester Hills, but left his job, police said.

Officials did not determine a motive for the shooting.

"This is shocking and violent tragedy," Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. "This poor victim is lost to her loving family, and the responsible person should be held fully accountable. Random violence will never be tolerated."