A man was arrested on multiple charges for stabbing a Lyft driver in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State Police responded to a call just off Interstate 79 in Neville Township, less than 10 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, late Sunday night. The driver sustained wounds but was able to safely drive his car to a nearby gas station. The suspect fled the scene on foot but was struck by a car before being subdued and taken into custody.
The suspect, meanwhile, fled the scene on foot. Troopers found him in the area of Coraopolis Road, roughly two miles away. During his escape, the suspect allegedly damaged sideview mirrors of two passing cars and even punched a passing driver in the chest. At some point, the suspect was struck by a passing car and sustained a leg injury, for which he was also taken to a hospital. Upon being questioned by officers at the hospital, the suspect reportedly told them that he acted out of panic because he believed the Lyft driver was taking him somewhere he did not want to go, and that he was only trying to scare the driver, not kill him.
William Brock, 83, fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, 61, of Dublin, Ohio, six times when she arrived at his South Charleston home on March 25, 2024, because he assumed she was part of a plot to secure $12,000 for a purported relative’s bond.
The scam, commonly known as grandparent fraud, involves exploiting older people’s concern for their family by falsely claiming to be a loved one in need of funds. In Brock’s case, Hall received a ride request on the Uber app to pick up a package from Brock’s house for delivery while the elderly man was on the phone with the scammer. Authorities said Hall was unaware of the calls made to Brock and that the Uber request was likely the same scam caller or an accomplice.
Hall, who was unarmed, did not threaten or make any demands of Brock, law enforcement officials said, but Brock took Hall’s cellphone and would not allow her to depart. When Hall tried to get back into her car, law enforcement said Brock shot her multiple times during subsequent scuffles. Brock called 911 after he fired the third shot and Hall was taken to a hospital but later died there from her wounds.
Juliette Fairley contributed to this report.
