CLARK COUNTY — It took jurors one hour to decide that an 83-year-old man was guilty of shooting and killing an Uber driver in Clark County.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, the jury found William Brock guilty on three counts of murder, one count of felonious assault, and one count of kidnapping.
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For three days, News Center 7 has been in court for Brock’s murder trial.
The defense argued that Brock shot and killed Lo-Letha Hall in self-defense, but the jurors didn’t buy that.
Prosecutors said Hall was an innocent victim who didn’t deserve to die.
News Center 7 has been following this case since the deadly shooting happened in March 2024.
Brock claims that scammers spent hours calling and threatening him. At the time, he said he thought his house was surrounded and thought anyone who came there was a threat.
Investigators found out that those same scammers called Hall, who was driving for Uber.
They told Hall to pick up a package from Brock’s home.
In court on Wednesday, Brock took the stand in his own defense.
He told the jury that he felt threatened when Hall showed up at his house.
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Video played in court shows Hall walking backyards yelling for help as Brock moves toward her with a gun.
Hall tried to get into her car and leave, but Brock shot her.
Detectives said Hall was shot six times. She died hours later at the hospital.
“Both families have lost loved ones because of this,” Clark County Prosecutor Dan Driscoll said.
Driscoll told News Center 7 that no one wins this kind of case, but he wanted a guilty verdict.
“The system can’t bring her back. And that’s really unfortunate. But perhaps it gives them that sense of justice, that sense of closure to this whole ordeal,” he said.
Clark County Sheriff’s deputies took Brock into custody after the verdict was read.
“The really sad part about this is that we know there are still criminals out there. We know that the scammers, the folks who started this, haven’t been brought to justice. And then hopefully one day, the FBI will bring those folks, and we’ll be able to prosecute them right here in Clark County for what they did,” Driscoll said.
Brock will be back in court for sentencing on Jan. 21.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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