Posted on 04/14/2024 9:25:16 AM PDT by Round Earther
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (WCMH) — Deputies in Clark County have arrested a man in his 80s accused of murdering an Uber driver while both were being targeted by a “scam call.”
William Brock, 81, faces a felony charge of murder with additional counts possible, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators accused him of shooting Lo-Letha Hall multiple times on March 25 after she went to his house on an Uber assignment.
Investigators first came to Brock’s property, about four miles west of South Charleston in Clark County, when he called them and said he shot someone attempting a robbery. The sheriff’s office said when deputies and multiple other agencies arrived, they found Hall on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, and Brock with injuries to his head and an ear.
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I suspect any moment now, the usual Burn Loot Murder paid protests will be taking place.
A confusing and tragic story, full of panic driven actions, where the outcome can never be changed.
(The scammers deserve accessory to murder.)
Works for me
Yes
He should blame Hollywood and say he watched “The Bee Keeper” and was in fear of his life.
> The scammers deserve accessory to murder. <
Yep. But there’s a good chance that the scammers are in India, and so are beyond the reach of American law.
My guess is that this poor Uber driver was meant to deliver the old man’s money to a local “money mule”. The money mule would take a cut, then forward the rest to the scammers in India. Bitcoin is a common method of doing so.
It’s possible that the money mule is also a dupe, fooled into thinking he’s part of some sort of legitimate business.
What really bothers me is how little our government cares about stopping these terrible scammers. We can put a man on the Moon. Yet we can’t seem to stop these criminals. Hell, we don’t even bother to warn the public.
As a side note, there are hero folks on YouTube who call-flood these scammers, and so disrupt their business. Why can’t our government do the same?
He shot her multiple times too.
What the hell is wrong with this guy?! He’ll have plenty of time in prison to think about it. He needs to serve hard time. He executed this defenseless woman who was simply trying to do her job. Awful and senseless...
The death penalty should be applied.
Please take a look at my post #26.
Actually, no: at 80, a Life Sentence is a weekend in the slam.
Well, maybe they won’t prosecute, because the jury might see him as an elderly and confused man. Oh, wait, that only works if you’re FJB.
LOL! Sure...but first, shoot out two of her tires.
Mr. Brock made a series of very poor decisions.
Had he stopped at the first bad decision, he would be a free man, and Ms. Hall would still be alive.
So someone called the old guy, tells him they are gonna kill him if he doesn’t give them money to bounce a relative out of jail, and that they will send an accomplice to pick up the loot, so he better pay up. They then hire an Uber driver, who is not an accomplice to go and get the loot. He sees the girl show up, asking for the package. Now he is not crazy, assuming this is part of a gang, and that she is lying and may have dropped off others nearby to ambush him, so he holds her at gunpoint while he tries to figure out what to do. I can see where the old guy is coming from, although perhaps he went too far. The Uber driver was just another victim. The scammer is really responsible for the whole situation.
For some reason the old guy decided he was going to play the role of a tough detective, and force her to reveal the identity of "her accomplices". Maybe he's watched too many old cop movies and wanted to solve this crime himself. Sadly, this wasn't a movie, and he murdered an innocent woman.
Ironically, his act of murder will probably ensure the scammer is caught, as the PD will expend far more effort on solving the case now that it's a homicide.
“He sees the girl show up, asking for the package.”
Perhaps it should have occurred to him that the 61 year old crippled woman was not part of a criminal enterprise.
“He shot her multiple times too.”
Probably a 22 caliber revolver. Röhm? RG?
“Caught on camera, slam dunk case”
Hasn’t been assigned to professional liars yet.
“Idiot. Why didn’t he call the police FIRST.”
He’s FJB’s age...
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