Bodycam footage shows the moment an elderly Ohio man was confronted by police after shooting and killing an Uber driver.
William Brock, 81, is accused of killing Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, 61, after mistakenly believing she was a con artist.
Brock told police he had been receiving threatening phone calls all day before Toland-Hall arrived and pleaded not guilty to her murder.
Police said the driver was also the unwitting victim of a scam, after she was sent to Brock’s home in South Charleston via the Uber app to “pick up a package.”
The video shows Brock calmly explaining to a police officer how he had been on the phone for “a couple of hours” with a man who claimed he had a nephew in jail who needed bail money.
Bodycam Footage Shows Moment Elderly Ohio Man Confronted by Police After Shooting Uber Driver to Death
William Brock, 81, was seen explaining to police how he had been receiving threatening calls all day before the fatal shooting and believed the victim was a scammer.
Bodycam footage shows police swarming Brock’s South Charleston home after deadly encounter
Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, 61, (pictured) was shot and killed by William Brock, 81, on March 25 in the rural village of South Charleston, located between Columbus and Cincinnati.
Brock pleaded not guilty to murder at a Clark County court appearance Wednesday.
“I’m so glad to see you here because I’ve been on the phone for a couple hours with this guy trying to say that he had a nephew in jail, that he had been in an accident in Charleston and he was still holding on and needed bail.” money and this woman was supposed to […] I feel like I’m getting different stories,” Brock tells an officer.
The police officer then pats him on the back before carefully placing him in the back of a police car after a quick pat-down.
Another angle shows police officers running towards Brock’s house after the shooting. Outside there are several police cars parked with their sirens on.
Once inside the home, an officer attempts to call the scammer and the exchange was caught on camera.
‘Can I ask who I’m talking to?’ Clark County Detective Cruz asks before a voice on the other end says he is “the officer.”
When she presses for a name, the man evades her question and tells her, “You’re going to have problems.”
She then asks him if he knows the victim he sent to Brock’s house and he confirms that he does.
Brock later told police that scammers had made threatening calls demanding money, and the same scammers called the Uber to his house to “pick up a package.”
Dashboard camera footage shows Brock pointing a gun at Toland-Hall during the deadly confrontation.
Toland-Hall, 61, was an Uber driver who had been called to a job to pick up a package from William Brock’s house, police believe she was a victim of the same scammer.
Toland-Hall, 61, was a beloved mother of one from Columbus, Ohio.
According to a police report, the number was listed with the telephone company Bell Mobility of Canada.
Brock pleaded not guilty to murder, felonious assault and kidnapping during an appearance in Clark County court on Wednesday.
He previously told police that the scammer had demanded $12,000 and threatened his life and the lives of his family.
A chilling 911 call after the fatal shooting shows Brock explaining how he had been inundated with threatening calls before Toland-Hall arrived.
“He was telling me he was going to kill me, my family and everyone else,” Brock explains.
Toland-Hall’s heartbreaking final moments on March 25 were also captured on his dash cam, which continued to operate during the confrontation.
She didn’t know the older man was being attacked and thought the job was legitimate, police said.
When she showed up to pick up the package, Brock surprisingly pulled out a gun and demanded to identify who had sent it.
He He also allegedly took her phone and did not let her leave. A fight broke out between the two, during which Brock shot Toland-Hall at least three times.
Brock has been charged with murder, felonious assault and kidnapping.
Hall showed up at Brock’s home and, according to police, “did not threaten or assault him” and only asked about the package.
Toland-Hall was remembered as a beloved mother and businesswoman at her funeral last week.
He suffered injuries to his left upper torso, left thigh, inner left knee, and central mass of his sternum.
Toland-Hall attempted to return to his car when Brock shot him. She can also be heard screaming in pain as Brock threatened to “shoot her other leg off.”
Brock said she attacked him after he fired the first shot, hitting her head against the door of her car.
He shot her again when she was trying to escape, because he believed she was about to recover a weapon of her own.
Brock told the officers – “without being asked,” as they put it – that Hall was there to “take [my] money.’
“He always didn’t want to shoot her, but he thought she was going to kill him,” the incident report says.
The mother of one from Columbus, Ohio, was rushed to the hospital but died during surgery.
“This is a horrible tragedy and our hearts continue to go out to Lo-Letha’s loved ones as they grieve,” Uber said in a statement.
“We have been in contact with authorities and remain committed to supporting their investigation.”