Ohio man, 81, fatally shoots Uber driver, 61, after scammers target both of them, officials say
Ohio man, 81, fatally shoots Uber driver, 61, after scammers target both of them, officials say
William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall because he thought she was working with a man who called and threatened him and his family. Hall didn't threaten Brock and didn't have a weapon or assault him, according to the sheriff’s office and court documents.
How is the person who sent the Uber not being arrested for murder? "Banned from Uber" doesn't seem sufficient.
If they can't be prosecuted because they are from outside the country, then Uber needs to be held accountable for taking an order from outside the country and sending out a car in Ohio.
It’s probably just going to take longer. Internet crime is FBI jurisdiction because it crosses state lines. It’s not as quick as picking up the pistol-holding, 81-year-old in his driveway.
Before this, I thought internet scams extorting the elderly were as low as they could go. Scammers hit bottom and rent a jackhammer.
Manslaughter maybe. The old man is the only one who murdered anyone.
Dude on the phone was attempting extortion. When someone dies in the commission of a crime, everyone gets hit with the murder charge.
See:
That’s definitely coming and will certainly result in murder charges just like what happens with swatting cases.
“When she tried to get away, he shot her once, then there was more exchange between them," Shultz said. "Mr. Brock was at some point injured to his head, and he shot Ms. Hall a second time. There was more conversation, and then he shot her a third time. Only after he shot her a third time did he then make contact with authorities to report the incident."
Mr. Brock should not own a firearm.
The pro-gun crowd will never agree with you.
They were asked how gun laws could be improved after a teenager, who people called "school shooter" because of his history of rape threats and animal abuse, bought 2 semi-automatic rifles from a gun company that targets edgelords and used them to mutilate a room of children beyond recognition. Their response was "make them even more permissive".
If they they oppose denying firearms to someone with that many red flags, they're definitely not going support denying firearms to someone for being old, unable to control their emotions and probably racist.
I'm in the "pro gun crowd" and I, and many of us, absolutely do not think he should own a gun. Many of us very much support keeping firearms out of the hands of people with a history of violent tendencies and torturing animals. What are you talking about?? That's like, one of the few things that the "pro gun crowd" and "gun grabbers" actually agree on.
He probably doesn't anymore.
Great timing
15 years to life in prison or a payment of 15k dollars?? How is the fine this absurdly low?
I really hope that was a typo and they meant AND a payment of $15k because someone who posted $200k bail shouldn't have a problem finding $15k to get out of a murder charge.
How is the fine this absurdly low?
Because it was set many decades ago and never adjusted for inflation.
(I haven't bothered to check if that's true for this specific case, but it's a pervasive problem throughout the US legal code so I'm hazarding a guess.)
murder, the word is murder
They cannot use that word until he is found guilty of murder.
Some real Black Mirror vibes
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