Lyft driver fatally shot on 52nd wedding anniversary. He had just called his wife to celebrate
PHOENIX – A Lyft driver was shot and killed early Sunday while driving in south Phoenix on his 52nd wedding anniversary, local police said.
Harold Treadwell, 71, was driving for Lyft around 12:30 a.m. when someone outside of the vehicle shot him, said Sgt. Maggie Cox of the Phoenix Police Department.
According to a post on a GoFundMe started on behalf of Harold's wife, Treadwell and his wife, Frances Treadwell, were celebrating their 52nd wedding anniversary and spoke right before he was killed.
The GoFundMe shared the Facebook post that Frances posted Sunday after hearing about her husband's death.
"I feel like I am living a horrible, horrible nightmare and that any moment I will wake up!" she wrote.
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"Today is our 52nd Wedding Anniversary and we spoke right before he was killed and wished each other a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (thank you God for allowing me to have that last conversation with him so I could tell him that I loved him!)," she added.
Frances Treadwell said she was with her son when a detective knocked on their door around 4:30 a.m. to inform them that Harry had been killed.
Cox said police had no suspect information as of Tuesday afternoon.
In a statement to USA TODAY, Lyft said it was "saddened and shocked by this loss."
"We are actively assisting law enforcement and will continue helping in any way we can," the statement from Lyf
Contributing: Ryan Miller, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Phoenix Lyft driver killed on wedding anniversary after calling wife
