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Almost took ride with Uber killer: teen

De ALLEN Blackburn was seconds away from jumping into a car with a mass murderer clutching a smoking gun.

The 18-year-old Michigan man discovered hours after his near miss that accused Kalamazoo killer Jason Dalton was driving the Uber sent to pick him up — and had just shot a young mom in front of her kid.

“Thinking back, I’m glad I didn’t get into that car,” the fortunate Blackburn told the Daily News. “I think this is so crazy.”

By the end of Dalton’s rampage last Saturday in Kalamazoo, six people were dead, a 14-year-old girl was critically injured and a 25-year-old woman was shot three times while protecting her child.

BetweenBt th the murders,d th the Uber-driving suspect picked up fares as if nothing had happened.

Blackburn was coming down from his Richland Township apartment last Saturday to catch an Uber ride to his girlfriend Maci Eldridge’s house when he heard gunshots.

Eldridge had told Blackburn to look for a Chevy Equinox sent by Uber — but never told her boyfriend the color. Initially, he wasn’t sure if the silver vehicle seen speeding away from the Meadows Townhomes was the car summoned to pick him up.

But later, after catching another Uber to his teenage girlfriend’s home in Kalamazoo, Blackburn connectedc the dots that led to Dalton.D

Rather than pick up his fare, Dalton allegedly opened fire on th the young mother watching her daughter and four other kids in a playground near her townhouse.

Local residents told the Daily News that Dalton, 45, of Cooper Township, Mich., approached Tiana Carruthers to ask if she was “Mazey” — an apparent reference to Blackburn’s girlfriend.

It’s unclear if Carruthers replied, but Dalton opened fire with his 9-mm. semiautomatic handgun. It was the start of his five-hour shooting spree, authorities said.

Carruthers, although hit three times, shuttled the kids to the safety of a nearby apartment, where a call was placed to 911.

Authorities said 10 shell casings were found at the site, and seven bullets pierced the siding of a nearby townhouse.

Federal agents say they seized 11 long guns and four handguns after Dalton’s arrest.