RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond Lyft driver is speaking out after being shot while picking up a passenger this past weekend , saying he's grateful to be alive despite having a bullet still lodged in his shoulder.

Lamar McCray, a father of two, was shot Saturday night during what sources say was the suspect's frustration over noise in the neighborhood.

"I'm here, and when I say that's all that matters in this world, man, I'm here," McCray said. "God's shield has saved me. He had angels looking out for me."

Late Saturday night, McCray received his first rideshare request of the evening from the 800 block of Old Denny Street in Fulton in Richmond's East End.

"When I got to the stop, the passenger immediately came in, young guy, he said 'Go, go, go, go, go.' Now, at that moment, in my head I'

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