What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it

Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract US$12,000 (RM57,408) in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Hall was a victim of the same con, summoned by the grifters to Brock's house to retrieve a purported package for delivery. — AP

It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway.

William J. Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract US$12,000 (RM57,408) in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Lo-Letha Hall was a victim of the same con, summoned by the grifters to Brock's house to retrieve a purported package for delivery.