 At first, the Kremlin officials said Scott might still be alive.Scott was instrumental in updating Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places' fourth edition and his primary source of income came from assisting Pelton in covering areas such as Kurdistan and Albania.Pelton investigated the circumstances of his friend's death and determined that Scott indeed tried to surrender but was shot in the face by a Russian sniper while waving an improvised white flag borrowed from a local.