Man scrounging for cash fatally shot his elderly neighbor while she had her hands up: Cops

An Arizona man with a history of scamming people was arrested after his criminal tendencies allegedly became violent .

Derek Bollwinkel, whose age was not available, was taken into custody on June 2 after he was extradited from Salt Lake City, Utah. According to court documents obtained by KPHO, a local CBS affiliate, Bollwinkel left the state of Arizona after allegedly killing his former neighbor , 82-year-old Linda Baran, in February. Police said that Baran was found shot dead in her car on Feb. 11, and was killed while her hands were in the air as if she was surrendering.

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According to court documents, Bollwinkel was Baran’s neighbor until he was